The capital is Madrid of this country of 40,341,462 people. Languages in use Castilian Spanish 74%, Catalan 17%, Galician 7%, Basque 2%; note - Castilian is the official language nationwide; the other languages are official regionally. It’s climate is temperate; clear, hot summers in interior, more moderate and cloudy along coast; cloudy, cold winters in interior, partly cloudy and cool along coast. The currency is the euro and the country has an area of 499,542 km2. It’s phone prefix is +34 and the electricity has 230 volts.

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The capital of the Philipines (87,857,473 people) is Manila. Languages in use two official languages - Filipino (based on Tagalog) and English; eight major dialects - Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilocano, Hiligaynon or Ilonggo, Bicol, Waray, Pampango, and Pangasinan. It’s climate is tropical marine; northeast monsoon (November to April); southwest monsoon (May to October). The currency is the Philippine peso and the country has an area of 298,170 km2. It’s phone prefix is +63 and the electricity has 220 volts.

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