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The National Day of Spain (Spanish: Fiesta Nacional de España) is a national holiday held annually on 12 October. It is also traditionally and commonly referred to as the Día de la Hispanidad ( Hispanicity , Spanishness Day [ 2 ] ), commemorating Spanish legacy worldwide, especially in Hispanic America .
Madrid (/ m ə ˈ d r ɪ d / ⓘ mə-DRID; Spanish: [maˈðɾið] ⓘ) [n. 1] is the capital and most populous municipality of Spain.It has almost 3.4 million [10] inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million.
Flag Date Use Description 2014–present Standard of the King of Spain: A crimson square with the Coat of arms of the King in the center. A version of the flag with gold fringing is known as the guidon and serves as the command sign or positional flag for military use.
Spain, [f] officially the Kingdom of Spain, [a] [g] is a country in Southwestern Europe with territories in North Africa. [ h ] Featuring the southernmost point of continental Europe , it is the largest country in Southern Europe and the fourth-most populous European Union member state.
The flag of Spain on the south façade of the Royal Palace of Madrid. When flying the Spanish flag with other flags, the following is the order of precedence: the national flag, flags of foreign states, the flag of Europe, international NGOs, military and government standards, autonomous communities flags, city flags and any others.
The flag of Brazil being digitally drawn on a computer. The flag of Papua New Guinea on the patch of a soldier. A sports fan waving the flag of South Africa. Giant flag of Turkey made of Lego bricks. Flag of the United States on the moon during the Apollo 15 moon landing. Flags of the United Kingdom and India are hung during a political meeting.
Flag of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: 1959 – 1975: Flag of Suriname: 1828 – 1830: Flag of Uruguay: 1811 – 1812: Flag of the First Republic of Venezuela: 1813 – 1814: Flag of the Second Republic of Venezuela: 1817 – 1819 1859 Flag of the Third Republic of Venezuela: 1830 – 1836: Flag of the State of Venezuela: 1836 ...
This gallery of flags of the autonomous communities of Spain shows the distinctive flags of the 17 autonomous communities (constitutionally they are the nationalities and regions in which Spain is territorially organized), plus the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla.