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The Iberian Peninsula, or Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of Europe. It is bordered on the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea, and on the north and west by the Atlantic Ocean. The Pyrenees form the northeast edge of the peninsula, connecting it to the rest of Europe. At Gibraltar in the south, it approaches Africa.
1 Countries & Territories
- Andorra, a microstate bordering France and Spain in the Pyrenees
- Spain, occupying the majority of Iberia
- Portugal, the western most part
- Gibraltar, British territory in the southern-most tip
2 Languages
The following official languages are spoken in the Iberian peninsula:
- Andorra:
- Gibraltar:
- Portugal:
- Spain:
- Basque
- SpanishThis article is about the international language known as Spanish. For other languages spoken in Spain see Languages of Spain Spanish is an Iberian Romance language, and the third or fourth most spoken language in the world. It is spoken as a first langua (also called Castilian)
- Catalan (called ValencianThis page deals with language. For other uses of Valencian see Valencia (disambiguation). There is consensus amongst linguists that Valencian is the name of the Catalan language which is spoken in the Autonomous Community of Valencia, Spain. It is thus th in the Valencian Country)
- GalicianGalician Galego is a language variety of the Western Ibero-Romance branch, spoken in Galicia (in the Galician language, Galicia or Galiza , an autonomous community in northwestern Spain. General Info Galician is spoken by more than 3 million people: it is
- Asturian (official recognition)
- Occitan (locally called Aranese, official recognition)
3 Pre-Roman languages
The following languages were spoken in the Iberian peninsula before the Roman occupation:
- Lusitan
- Aquitan (Basque)
- Iberian
- Celtiberian
- Tartessian
4 History
In medieval times the peninsula housed many small states. However these amalgamated over time, until the end of the Napoleonic Wars (including the Peninsular War) in 1815. At that point the modern position was reached and the peninsula now consists of the countries of Spain and Portugal (excluding their islands and Ceuta and Melilla), Andorra, and the territory of Gibraltar.
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