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The country Marcus and I are doing is the Kingdom of Spain. Spain is located in the Iberian Peninsula in Europe. It has seventeen different regions in the country. They have a population of just under 47 million, with Madrid being its capital. Spain is a great place for tourism, but one of the most popular places in Spain is the island of Ibiza with more than 2 million tourists visiting there a year. Other popular cities are Barcelona, Madrid, Seville, and Tenerife. Tenerife is the most populated and largest island of Spain's seven Canary islands. The Canary Islands are a Spanish archipelago off the coast of Africa. Now, let's go back in time to when Queen Isabel and King Ferdinand were the rulers of Spain. These are …show more content…

Spain's economical crisis during the 1920s would be a great factor in the Spanish Cival War which lasted from 1936-1939. Another big reason is the conflict between the Republican government and the Nationlist opposition. The Nationlists were led by General Franco, and he was helped by Nazi-Germany and fascist Italy to block the Republicans. Franco kept Spain nuetral during World War II. When Franco died in 1975, Spain established a constitutional monarchy. Spain became a member of NATO in 1985, entered the European Community in 1986, and in 1992 Spain held the Olympic …show more content…

Futbol is the Spanish word for football. The sport of football started in England around the mid 1800s. Football came the sport called rugby. It came over to Spain in the late 1800s from Spanish students studing in England. As well as, immigrants and sailors bringing the knowledge to the Spanish people. Spain's first official game was in 1890 although most of the players were British. Most of the teams formed in the early 1900s, such as, Seville FC, FC Barcelona, and New Foot-Ball de Madrid. Regional teams started playing each other around 1915, and the national team played in its first Olympics Games in 1920 and won the silver medal. In 1928, ten Spainsh teams formed the Primera Division. The ten teams were Real Madrid, FC Barcelona, Athletic Bilbao, Athletic Madrid, Real Sociedad, Racing Santander, RCD Espanol, Arenas Club de Getxo, CE Europa, and Real Union. Spain now has nine levels or divisions of football. The first is called LaLiga, and its home right to the best teams in world and the best players. LaLiga has 20 teams in it, such as, FC Barcelona, Real Madrid, Seville, and Athletico Madrid. Although, LaLiga is arguably the best league in the world, it isn't the most watched. Spain is host to the most historic and anticipated rivalry in all of world football, El Clasico. It is between FC Barcelona and Real

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