Spain

Spain, officially the Kingdom of Spain is a sovereign state located on the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe, with two large archipelagoes, the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea and the Canary Islands off the North African Atlantic coast, two cities, Ceuta and Melilla, in the North African mainland and several small islands in the Alboran Sea near the Moroccan coast. The country's 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. It is the only European country to have a border with an African country (Morocco) and its African territory accounts for nearly 5% of its population, mostly in the Canary Islands but also in Ceuta and Melilla.

Key Cities

 * Barcelona

Residents

 * Francisco Montoya (1737-1779) - Francisco Montoya was born in Barcelona in 1737.

Notable Events

 * June 11, 1737 - Francisco Montoya is born in Barcelona.
 * June 27, 1776 - King Charles III sends Francisco Montoya on an exploration mission to California to explore and establish colonies for Spain.