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==History== | |||
Spanish origins trace back to a variety of ethnic backgrounds. The Celts and Iberians lived there anciently. Phoenicians came and established Cadiz in 1100 B.C., the oldest of the now-inhabited cities. The Greeks, the Carthaginians, and the Romans successively entered the Iberian peninsula. From Rome, Spain inherited its language, religion, and many aspects of its culture. | Spanish origins trace back to a variety of ethnic backgrounds. The Celts and Iberians lived there anciently. Phoenicians came and established Cadiz in 1100 B.C., the oldest of the now-inhabited cities. The Greeks, the Carthaginians, and the Romans successively entered the Iberian peninsula. From Rome, Spain inherited its language, religion, and many aspects of its culture. | ||
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Today, Spain occupies the major part of the Iberian Peninsula extending southwest from Europe between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. France and Andorra border it to the north, Portugal to the west, and the British Dependency of Gibraltar occupies the most extreme point of the southern tip of the country. The Baleares in the Mediterranean and the Canary Islands in the Atlantic off the coast of Western Sahara, constitute two autonomous insular communities of Spain. Additionally, Ceuta and Melilla, cities on the northern coast of Africa, as well as Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera, Alhucemas, and Chafarinas, islands groups along the Mediterranean coast of Africa, belong to Spain.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Spain,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1984-1999.</ref> | Today, Spain occupies the major part of the Iberian Peninsula extending southwest from Europe between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. France and Andorra border it to the north, Portugal to the west, and the British Dependency of Gibraltar occupies the most extreme point of the southern tip of the country. The Baleares in the Mediterranean and the Canary Islands in the Atlantic off the coast of Western Sahara, constitute two autonomous insular communities of Spain. Additionally, Ceuta and Melilla, cities on the northern coast of Africa, as well as Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera, Alhucemas, and Chafarinas, islands groups along the Mediterranean coast of Africa, belong to Spain.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Spain,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1984-1999.</ref> | ||
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