SPAIN – GEOGRAPHY, POLITICAL

ORGANISATION…

My Country

Spain’s Relief – the Mountains

The Rivers

Political Organisation

Spain is a constitutional Monarchy.

Spanish parliament

Cortes Generales:

- Congreso de los Diputados

- Senado

The Constitution

This is the Spanish political organisation. It was approved in 1978.

The four basic concepts are: liberty, justice, equality and political pluralism.

It has 3 powers:

The Executive body: Council of Ministers and the President.

The Legislative body: Congreso de los Diputados.

The Judiciary: Tribunal Supremo, Audiencia Nacional and other courts.

Administrative divisions (1)

There are 17 autonomous communities…

Administrative divisions (2)

…and 2 autonomous cities.

Provinces

The autonomous communities are divided into 50 provinces.

The Community of Madrid

It is the capital of the country.

There are many town councils in Madrid.

Immigration

Immigrants come from other countries to Spain.

We should have positive attitudes towards immigrants and help their social integration.