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Population: 40,491,052 (July 2008 est.)
Official Languages: Castilian Spanish (official) 74%, Catalan 17%, Galician 7%, Basque 2%, are official regionally.
Major Religions: Roman Catholic 94%, other 6%. |
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Political Stability:
Economic Overview:
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on per capita basis, is one of the top fours leading GDP economies in the world
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encourages liberalization, privatization, and deregulation of the economy
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the continued loss of competitiveness, potential for housing market collapse, and decline in EU structural funds
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high unemployment rate
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changing demographic
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Agriculture: grain, vegetables, wine, fruits, meats, dairy products, etc.
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Industry: textiles & apparel, food, metals, manufacturing, etc. |
Geography:
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Climate: temperate; hot summers/cold winters in interior, more moderate and cloudy along the coast (60% of borders is water1)
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Terrain: Pyrenees in north. Large, flat to dissected plateau surrounded by rugged hills
Some Statistics:
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Labour Force by Occupation:
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Unemployment Rate: 8.1% (2006 est.)
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Pop. Below Poverty Line: 19.8% (2005 est.) |
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Christian Perspective
This once majority Catholic nation has made a sharp turn towards atheism. People try to fill the spiritual vacuum in their lives with occult practices, secularism, materialism, foreign cults, drugs, and gambling. The Evangelical Church has experienced slow, steady growth, though there is still a strong need for outreach. There has been a breakthrough with the Roma (Gypsy) population. |
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Praise Points:
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The transformation since 1974 from a poor, isolate, dictatorship to a prosperous, integrated, liberated nation
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The Roma (Gypsy) revival
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Growth of the Evangelical church |
Prayer Points:
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The spiritual vacuum which is being filled by secularism, materialism, foreign cults, the occult, drugs, and gambling.
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A need for strong Christian leadership and outreach | |
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