Population: 3 million Land Area: 236 square miles/ 611 square kilometers Average Annual Rainfall: 17 inches/ 43 centimeters Average January Temperature: 42 degrees F/ 6 degrees C Average July Temperature: 75 degrees F/ 24 degrees C
Quick Facts:
Major Industries: Textiles, Tourism Electricity: 220 volts, 60 Hz; standard two-pin plug Time Zone: GMT + 1 Country Dialing Code: 34 Area Code: 91
Did You Know?
Madrid towers as Europe's second highest capital at 2,100 feet/ 640 meters.
Orientation
Madrid, Spain's capital, sits in the center of the country, which resembles an obese peninsula. Pamplona, with its bull rampaging streets, lies 253 miles/ 407 kilometers north near the border of France. Barcelona basks 385 miles/ 620 kilometers northeast along the Mediterranean coast. Seville, near the Strait of Gibraltar, lies 287 miles/ 462 kilometers south, and the Mediterranean Sea splashes 218 miles/ 351 kilometers directly east.