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Spain Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 40,634   Population 2000 (UN '000) 39,910
Area (km2) 505,275   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 8
Number of Administrative Units 8,186   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 5
Number of Urban Extents 181   Number of Settlement Points 737

Spain Details

Names
ISO3-Code ESP
Continent Europe
Country Name Spain
Administrative Classifications
Level Used 3.0
Leve1 Type Comunidad Autonoma
Level2 Type Provincia
Level3 Type Termino Municipal, Condominio, Ciudad Autonoma
Number of Units 8,186
Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) 5
National Population Estimates
Last Year of Reference 2001
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) 38,674
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) 39,626
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) 40,634
UN Population, 1990 ('000) 39,303
UN Population, 1995 ('000) 39,737
UN Population, 2000 ('000) 39,910
National Spatial Estimates
Area (km2) 505,275
Average Input Resolution (km) 8
Settlement Points
Number of Settlement Points 737
Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 2,945,822
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 7,895
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 44,762
Urban Areal Extents
Number of Urban Extents 181
Largest Urban Extent (km2) 6,923
Smallest Urban Extent (km2) 2
Mean Urban Extent (km2) 386
Total for All Urban Extent (km2) 69,901
Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 5,391,742
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 1,384
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) 159,840
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) 28,930,950
% Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) 14%
% Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) 71%
% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) 78%
Urban Areal Extents, by Source
Nighttime Lights Data 467
Regression-estimated Extents 6
Digital Chart of the World 0
Other 0
Notes
Administrative Population Source Data:
2001 Population: Instituto Nacional de Estadistica. Censo de Poblacion 2001, http://www.ine.es/ ; http://www.ine.es/censo2001/cenpob_muni.htm . 1991 Population: data also from the NSO Web site, http://www.ine.es/ .
Administrative Boundary Source Data:
Seamless Administrative Boundaries of Europe (SABE) distributed by Eurographics: http://www.eurogeographics.org/eng/03_projects_sabe.asps (SABE 2001 date of release : February 2003).
Settlement Point Population Source Data:
City Population, www.citypopulation.de; World Gazetteer, www.gazetteer.de
Settlement Point Coordinate Source Data:
NIMA, World Gazetteer
Urban Criteria for Settlements (UN):
Municipalities (municipios) with 10,000 inhabitants or more.
Administrative Population Edits and Notes:
Populations of Municipios without matching polygon on the shapefile are allocated proportionately to the Provincias where they are located. These are: ? In Burgos ? Valle de Sedano ? In Caceres ? Rosalejo ? Coru?a ? Frades ? In Cuenca ? Palomera, Poyatos and Tragacete ? In Guadalajara ? Marchamalo ? In Jaen - Arroyo del Ojanco ? In Navarra ? Irurtzun ? In Orense ? Rubi, Veiga, and Vilamart!n de Valdeorras ? In Valencia - San Antonio de Benagber Provincia (administrative 2 level) growth rates were calculated between census years 1991 and 2001 and applied to the 2001 municipality (administrative 3 level) population data to extrapolate to target years.
Administrative Spatial Edits and Notes:
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