Surface : 505 000 km2 The major part of the Iberian peninsula and Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean. Also included are the Canary Islands off northwest Africa and the enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla on the North African coast. Population : 40 000 000 inhabitants Language : Castilian, Spanish, Catalan, Galician and Basque. Capital : Madrid Listen to this week's story Read the most important story ever told