Travel & technology
Electric power
- Plug shape
- Voltage
- 230V, 50Hz
Phone dialing
- Code to call Spain
- +34
Mobile phones
- GSM Band
- 900/1800
What every visitor should know about Spain:
- Money
- The currency is the Euro (EUR). 1 euro is worth about US$1.44.
- Crime
- CrimeSafe Travel Score™: 3.5 out of 5 (Safe)
Areas of concern:
- Mugging
- Pick-pocketing / bag-snatching
- Capital
- Madrid
- Tap water
- Excellent. Water from the tap is safe to drink.
Spain facts and figures:
People
- Population
- 40,525,002
- Language
- Castilian Spanish (official) 74%, Catalan 17%, Galician 7%, Basque 2%, are official regionally
- Ethnicity
- Composite of Mediterranean and Nordic types
Economy
- GDP
- US$36,500 (per capita)
- Income equality
- High