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___MASK40___ (, ; Phoenician : " Tarqon ") is a port city located in northeast Spain on the Costa Daurada by the Mediterranean ___MASK80___ . It is the capital of the Province of ___MASK40___ , and part of Tarragonès and Catalonia . Geographically , it is bordered on the north by the Province of Barcelona and the Province of Lleida . The city has a population of 132 , 199 ( 2014 ). ___MASK4___ is an autonomous community of ___MASK92___ , located on the northeastern extremity of the Iberian Peninsula . It is designated as a " nationality " by its Statute of Autonomy . ___MASK4___ consists of four provinces : Barcelona , ___MASK81___ , Lleida , and Tarragona . The capital and largest city is Barcelona , the second - most populated municipality in ___MASK92___ and the core of the seventh - most populous urban area in the European Union . The Mediterranean ___MASK80___ ( pronounced ) is a ___MASK80___ connected to the Atlantic Ocean , surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land : on the north by Southern Europe and Anatolia , on the south by North Africa , and on the east by the Levant . The ___MASK80___ is sometimes considered a part of the Atlantic Ocean , although it is usually identified as a separate body of water . ___MASK22___ or Northern ___MASK69___ is the northernmost region of ___MASK69___ . The United Nations definition of " ___MASK22___ " includes seven countries and territories ; ___MASK83___ , ___MASK84___ , Libya , Mauritania , Morocco , Sudan , Tunisia , and Western Sahara . The countries of ___MASK83___ , Morocco , Tunisia , and Libya are often collectively referred to as the Maghreb , which is the Arabic word for " sunset ". ___MASK84___ lies to the northeast and encompasses part of West ___MASK44___ , while Sudan is situated on the edge of the Sahel , to the south of ___MASK84___ . ___MASK58___ ( assimilated pronunciation , also Arabic :  , " Sabtah ") is an Spanish autonomous city located on the north coast of Africa , sharing a western border with Morocco . Separated from the Iberian peninsula by the Strait of ___MASK20___ , ___MASK58___ lies along the boundary between the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean . ___MASK58___ , along with the Spanish exclave Melilla , is one of nine populated Spanish territories in Africa and one of two populated territories on mainland Africa . It was part of Cádiz province until 14 March 1995 when the city ' s Statute of Autonomy was passed . ___MASK20___ is a British Overseas Territory located on the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula . It has an area of and shares its northern border with Spain . The Rock of ___MASK20___ is the major landmark of the region . At its foot is a densely populated city area , home to over 30 , 000 Gibraltarians and other nationalities . ___MASK76___ ( Portuguese : ), officially the Portuguese Republic ( Portuguese : ), is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe . It is the westernmost country of mainland Europe . To the west and south it is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean and to the east and north by Spain . The ___MASK76___  Spain border is long and considered the longest uninterrupted border within the European Union . The republic also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira , both autonomous regions with their own regional governments . ___MASK3___ (', lit . " The West "; '), officially known as the Kingdom of ___MASK3___ (', lit . " The Western Kingdom "; '), is a sovereign country located in the Maghreb region of ___MASK22___ . Geographically , ___MASK3___ is characterized by a rugged mountainous interior , large tracts of desert , and a lengthy coastline along the ___MASK71___ and Mediterranean ___MASK80___ . ___MASK81___ is a city in the northeast of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia in Spain , at the confluence of the rivers Ter , Onyar , Galligants , and Güell and has an official population of 97 , 586 as of January 2015 . It is the capital of the province of the same name and of the " comarca " of the Gironès . It is located northeast of Barcelona . ___MASK81___ is one of the major Catalan cities . An archipelago , sometimes called an island group or island chain , is a chain , cluster or collection of islands . The word " archipelago " is derived from the Greek "  -  arkhi -" (" chief ") and "   pélagos " (" ___MASK80___ ") through the Italian " arcipelago ". In Italian , possibly following a tradition of antiquity , the Archipelago ( from medieval Greek "*  " and Latin " archipelagus ") was the proper name for the ___MASK41___ and , later , usage shifted to refer to the Aegean Islands ( since the ___MASK80___ is remarkable for its large number of islands ). It is now used to refer to any island group or , sometimes , to a ___MASK80___ containing a small number of scattered islands . Democracy ("" literally " rule of the commoners "), in modern usage , is a system of government in which the citizens exercise power directly or elect representatives from among themselves to form a governing body , such as a parliament . Democracy is sometimes referred to as " rule of the majority ". Democracy was originally conceived in Classical ___MASK55___ , where political representatives were chosen by a jury from amongst the male citizens : rich and poor . Francisco Franco Bahamonde ; ( 4 December 1892  20 November ___MASK77___ ) was a Spanish general who ruled over Spain as a dictator from 1939 until his death in ___MASK77___ . He ruled Spain for 36 years . The Iberian Peninsula , also known as Iberia , is located in the southwest corner of Europe . The peninsula is principally divided between ___MASK76___ and Spain , comprising most of their territory . It also includes Andorra and a small part of France along the peninsula ' s northeastern edge , as well as ___MASK20___ on its south coast , a small peninsula which forms an overseas territory of the United Kingdom . With an area of approximately , it is the second largest European peninsula , after the Scandinavian . The ___MASK25___ ( Basque : " Bizkaiko Golkoa ," ) is a gulf of the northeast Atlantic Ocean located south of the Celtic ___MASK80___ . It lies along the western coast of France from Brest south to the Spanish border , and the northern coast of Spain west to Cape Ortegal . ___MASK9___ , officially the Principality of ___MASK9___ , also called the Principality of the Valleys of ___MASK9___ , is a sovereign landlocked microstate in Southwestern Europe , located in the eastern ___MASK53___ mountains and bordered by ___MASK92___ and ___MASK96___ . Created under a charter in 988 , the present principality was formed in 1278 . It is known as a principality as it is a monarchy headed by two Co - Princes the Roman Catholic Bishop of Urgell in ___MASK92___ , and the President of ___MASK96___ . ___MASK92___ , officially the Kingdom of ___MASK92___ , is a sovereign state largely located on the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe , with two large archipelagos , the ___MASK54___ in the Mediterranean ___MASK80___ and the Canary Islands off the North African Atlantic coast , two cities Ceuta and Melilla in the North African mainland and several small islands in the Alboran ___MASK80___ near the Moroccan coast . Its mainland is bordered to the south and east by the Mediterranean ___MASK80___ except for a small land boundary with ___MASK20___ ; to the north and northeast by France , Andorra , and the Bay of Biscay ; and to the west and northwest by Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean . It is the only European country to have a border with an African country ( Morocco ) and its African territory accounts for nearly 5 % of its population , mostly in the Canary Islands but also in Ceuta and Melilla . ___MASK8___ is a city in the west of Catalonia , Spain . It is the capital city of the province of ___MASK8___ . Fascism is a form of radical authoritarian nationalism that came to prominence in early 20th - century Europe . The first fascist movements emerged in ___MASK65___ during World War I , before it spread to other European countries . Opposed to liberalism , Marxism , and anarchism , fascism is usually placed on the far - right within the traditional left  right spectrum . ___MASK19___ is the capital city of the autonomous community of Catalonia in the Kingdom of ___MASK92___ , as well as the country ' s second ___MASK97___ populous municipality , with a population of 1 . 6 million within city limits . Its urban area extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of around 4 . 7 million people , being the sixth - ___MASK97___ populous urban area in the European Union after Paris , London , Madrid , the Ruhr area and Milan . It is the largest metropolis on the Mediterranean ___MASK80___ , located on the coast between the mouths of the rivers Llobregat and Besòs , and bounded to the west by the Serra de Collserola mountain range , the tallest peak of which is high . Europe is a continent that comprises the westernmost part of Eurasia . Europe is bordered by the ___MASK88___ to the north , the ___MASK71___ to the west , and the Mediterranean ___MASK80___ to the south . To the east and southeast , Europe is generally considered as separated from ___MASK44___ by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains , the Ural River , the Caspian and Black Seas , and the waterways of the Turkish Straits . Yet the non - oceanic borders of Europe  a concept dating back to classical antiquity  are arbitrary . The primarily physiographic term " continent " as applied to Europe also incorporates cultural and political elements whose discontinuities are not always reflected by the continent ' s current overland boundaries . The ___MASK31___ , also known as the Canaries , are an archipelago and autonomous community of ___MASK92___ located on the Atlantic Ocean , west of Morocco . The Canaries are among the outermost regions ( OMR ) of the European Union proper . It is also one of the eight regions with special consideration of historical nationality recognized as such by the Spanish Government . Domingo Rey d ' Harcourt ( Born , Pamplona , ___MASK92___ , 1883 - died , Ponts de Molins , Catalonia , ___MASK92___ , February 7 . 1939 ) was a Nationalist commander during the Spanish Civil War . He had risen to Colonel of artillery , and joined the military rising against the Republican Government that became the Spanish Civil War . During the Civil War Rey d ' Harcourt was the commander of the Nationalist garrison of the city of Teruel during the Battle of Teruel . Heavily out numbered Rey d ' Harcourt make a last stand in four key points of the city , the Civil Governor ' s Building , the Bank of ___MASK92___ , the Convent of Santa Clara and the Seminary . Republican Radio Barcelona announced that Teruel had fallen , but Rey d ' Harcourt and the remnants of the 4 , 000 man garrison still held out . With no water , few medical supplies and little food he was finally forced to surrender on January 8 , 1938 . Despite his heroism , his surrender was criticized by many in the Nationalist high command . He was jailed for treason against the Republic first in Valencia and then in Barcelona . During the Nationalist Catalonia Offensive he was taken towards the French border but was killed by his guards along with forty - two other prisoners of the Battle of Teruel , including Anselmo Polanco , Bishop of Teruel . The Alboran ___MASK80___ is the westernmost portion of the Mediterranean ___MASK80___ , lying between the Iberian Peninsula and the north of Africa . The Strait of ___MASK20___ , which lies at the west end of the Alboran ___MASK80___ , connects the Mediterranean with the Atlantic Ocean . ___MASK69___ is the world ' s second - largest and second - ___MASK97___ - populous continent . At about 30 . 3 million km² ( 11 . 7 million square miles ) including adjacent islands , it covers 6 % of Earth ' s total surface area and 20 . 4 % of its total land area . With 1 . 1 billion people as of 2013 , it accounts for about 15 % of the world ' s human population . The continent is surrounded by the Mediterranean ___MASK80___ to the north , both the Suez Canal and the Red ___MASK80___ along the ___MASK79___ to the northeast , the Indian Ocean to the southeast , and the Atlantic Ocean to the west . The continent includes Madagascar and various archipelagos . It contains 54 fully recognized sovereign states ( countries ), nine territories and two " de facto " independent states with limited or no recognition . A province is almost always an administrative division , within a country or state . The term derives from the ancient ___MASK18___ " provincia ", which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the ___MASK14___ ' s territorial possessions outside Italy . The term province has since been adopted by many countries , and in those with no actual provinces , it has come to mean " outside the capital city ". While some provinces were produced artificially by colonial powers , others were formed around local groups with their own ethnic identities . Many have their own powers independent of federal authority , especially in Canada . In other countries , like ___MASK73___ , provinces are the creation of central government , with very little autonomy . The Spanish Civil War , widely known in ___MASK92___ simply as The Civil War or The War , took place from 1936 to 1939 and was fought between the Republicans , who were loyal to the democratic , left - leaning and a relatively urban Second Spanish Republic in an ___MASK85___ of convenience with the Anarchists , versus the Nationalists , a falangist , Carlist and a largely aristocratic conservative group led by General Francisco Franco . Although the war is often portrayed as a struggle between democracy and fascism , some historians consider it more accurately described as a struggle between leftist revolution and rightist counterrevolution . Ultimately , the Nationalists won , and Franco then ruled ___MASK92___ for the next 36 years , from April 1939 until his death in November 1975 . The ___MASK71___ is the second largest of the world ' s oceans with a total area of about . It covers approximately 20 percent of the Earth ' s surface and about 29 percent of its water surface area . It separates the " Old World " from the " New World ". The ___MASK54___ are an archipelago of Spain in the western Mediterranean ___MASK80___ , near the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula . The Second Spanish Republic ( in Spanish : " Segunda República ___MASK87___ ") was the republican regime that existed in Spain from 1931 to 1939 , preceded by the Restoration and followed by Francoist Spain after the Spanish Civil War . ___MASK10___ ( " Maliliyyah ") is a Spanish autonomous city located on the north coast of Africa , sharing a border with ___MASK3___ with an area of . ___MASK10___ , along with ___MASK58___ , is one of two permanently inhabited Spanish cities in mainland Africa . It was part of Málaga province until 14 March 1995 when the city ' s Statute of Autonomy was passed . The European ___MASK36___ ( ___MASK52___ ) is a political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe . It has an area of , and an estimated population of over 510 million . The ___MASK52___ has developed an internal single market through a standardised system of laws that apply in all member states . ___MASK52___ policies aim to ensure the free movement of people , goods , services , and capital within the internal market , enact legislation in justice and home affairs , and maintain common policies on trade , agriculture , fisheries , and regional development . Within the Schengen Area , passport controls have been abolished . A monetary union was established in 1999 and came into full force in 2002 , and is composed of 19 ___MASK52___ member states which use the euro currency . ___MASK96___ , officially the French Republic , is a country with territory in western Europe and several overseas regions and territories . The European , or metropolitan , area of ___MASK96___ extends from the Mediterranean ___MASK80___ to the English Channel and the North ___MASK80___ , and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean . Overseas ___MASK96___ include French Guiana on the South American continent and several island territories in the Atlantic , Pacific and Indian oceans . ___MASK96___ spans and had a total population of almost 67 million people as of January 2017 . It is a unitary semi - presidential republic with the capital in Paris , the country ' s largest city and main cultural and commercial centre . Other major urban centres include Marseille , Lyon , Lille , Nice , Toulouse and Bordeaux .