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Spain
Spain
(; ), officially the
Kingdom of Spain
, is a
sovereign state
largely located on the
Iberian Peninsula
in
southwestern Europe
, with
archipelagos
in the
Atlantic Ocean
and
Mediterranean Sea
, and several small territories on and near the
north African
coast. Its
mainland
is bordered to the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea except for a small land boundary with
Gibraltar
; to the north and northeast by
France
,
Andorra
, and the
Bay of Biscay
; and to the west and northwest by
Portugal
and the Atlantic Ocean. Along with France and
Morocco
, it is one of only three countries to have both Atlantic and Mediterranean coastlines. Extending to , the
Portugal–Spain border
is the
longest uninterrupted border
within the
European Union
.
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