Bordering Countries
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Andorra
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France
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Morocco
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Portugal
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Bordering Seas/Oceans
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Mediterranean Sea
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Atlantic Ocean
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Rivers
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Tagus
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Ebro
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Douro
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Montain Ranges/Chains
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Pyrenees
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Picos de Europa
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Sierra Nevada
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Mounts
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Mulhacén
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Aneto
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Volcanoes
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Teide
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Population
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Biggest Cities
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3,334,730
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Madrid
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1,664,182
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Barcelona
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800,215
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Valencia
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691,395
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Seville
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681,877
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Zaragoza
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Fact
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Other Cities
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Along with melilla, one of the Spanish automonous city in Morocco
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Ceuta
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Former capital of the Umayyad Caliphate of the same name
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Cordoba
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City of the 'Running of the bulls'
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Pamplona
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Coastal Basque city close to the French border, also called Donostia
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San Sebastian
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One of the biggest Catholic pilgrimage destination
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Santiago de Compostela
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Description
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Regions
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Archipelago essentialy made up of Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera
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Balearic Islands
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Spanish autonomous community that recently had a disputed referendum on independence
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Catalonia
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Region well known for its wines
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La Rioja
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Desctiption
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Monuments
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Museum of modern and contemporary art in Bilbao
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Guggenheim Museum
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Ancien Arab Palace that literally means 'The Red One'
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Alhambra
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Basilica whose construction began more than 100 years ago
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Sagrada Familia
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Description
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Natural Wonders
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Narrow strait that separates the Ibarian Peninsula from Africa
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Strait of Gibraltar
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Semi-arid desert popular for the shootings of Spaghetti Westerns
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Tabernas Desert
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Link with City
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Famous People
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Figueres: a museum dedicated to this surrealist artist is there
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Salvador Dalí
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Manacor: this tennis player, winner of 20 Grand Slam men's singles titles, was born in this city
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Rafael Nadal
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Valladolid: this bishop defended the Amerindians during this city famous debate
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Bartolomé de las Casas
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Link with City
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Pieces of Art
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Belchite: this movie about the life of a little girl few years after the Spanish Civil War, directed by Guillermo del Toro, was filmed there
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Pan's Labyrinth
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Madrid: this anti-war painting by Picasso is exposed in one of the city's museum
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Guernica
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Somewhere in La Mancha: the hidalgo from the homonymous novel by Miguel de Cervantes comes from this region
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Don Quixotte
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Date
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Battles
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1492: battle that ended the Reconquista
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Battle of Granada
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1805: naval engagement during the Napoleonic Wars
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Battle of Trafalgar
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https://www.jetpunk.com/series/324705/countriy-quiz-on-a-map
These are my first quizzes, do not hesitate to give constructive criticisms if you want to help me :)
Although you seemed to have forgotten the Anglo-Spanish border at Gibraltar
But:
- "Don Quijote" (Spanish spelling) should be a type-in for "Don Quixote"
- "Duero" (Spanish name for the river) should be a type-in for "Douro" (this one, which is often used in English, is the Portuguese name)
- "Gernika" should be also accepted for "Guernica", since it's the name of a town in the Basque Country, and the first is the basque name while the second is the Spanish name