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The Canary Islands , also known as the Canaries , are an archipelago and autonomous community of Spain 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 ___MASK32___ Government . The FIM Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix is the premier class of motorcycle road racing , held since 1949 . Ceuta ( assimilated pronunciation , also Arabic :  , " Sabtah ") is an ___MASK32___ autonomous city located on the north coast of Africa , sharing a western border with Morocco . Separated from the Iberian peninsula by the Strait of Gibraltar , Ceuta lies along the boundary between the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean . Ceuta , along with the ___MASK32___ exclave Melilla , is one of nine populated ___MASK32___ 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 . Aragon ( or , ___MASK32___ and , or ) is an autonomous community in Spain , coextensive with the medieval Kingdom of Aragon . Located in northeastern Spain , the Aragonese autonomous community comprises three provinces ( from north to south ): Huesca , Zaragoza , and Teruel . Its capital is Zaragoza ( also called " Saragossa " in English ). The current Statute of Autonomy declares Aragon a " nationality " of Spain . A motorcycle ( also called a motorbike , bike , or cycle ) is a two - or three - wheeled motor vehicle . Motorcycle design varies greatly to suit a range of different purposes : long distance travel , commuting , cruising , ___MASK87___ including racing , and off - road riding . Motorcycling is riding a motorcycle and related social activity such as joining a motorcycle club and attending motorcycle rallies . The ___MASK32___ motorcycle Grand Prix is a motorcycling event that is part of the FIM Grand Prix ___MASK75___ season that takes place at Circuito Permanente de Jerez outside Jerez de la Frontera in Andalucia . In addition to this event , three other motorcycling events take place in Spain as of the 2010 season : the Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix , the Aragon motorcycle Grand Prix and the Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix , in the autonomous communities of Catalonia , Aragon and Valencia respectively . Huesca is a city in north - eastern Spain , within the autonomous community of Aragon . It is also the capital of the ___MASK32___ province of the same name and of the comarca of Hoya de Huesca . In 2009 it had a population of 52 , 059 , almost a quarter of the total population of the province . The city is one of the smallest provincial capitals in Spain . Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain , located on the northeastern extremity of the Iberian Peninsula . It is designated as a " nationality " by its Statute of Autonomy . Catalonia consists of four provinces : Barcelona , Girona , Lleida , and Tarragona . The capital and largest city is Barcelona , the second - most populated municipality in Spain and the core of the seventh - most populous urban area in the European Union . The Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix is a motorcycling event held in Spain that is part of the Grand Prix ___MASK75___ season . The event takes place at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo ( also known as Circuit de Valencia ). Melilla ( " Maliliyyah ") is a ___MASK32___ autonomous city located on the north coast of Africa , sharing a border with Morocco with an area of . Melilla , along with Ceuta , is one of two permanently inhabited ___MASK32___ cities in mainland Africa . It was part of Málaga province until 14 March 1995 when the city ' s Statute of Autonomy was passed . The Bay of Biscay ( Basque : " Bizkaiko Golkoa ," ) is a gulf of the northeast Atlantic Ocean located south of the Celtic Sea . It lies along the western coast of France from Brest south to the ___MASK32___ border , and the northern coast of Spain west to Cape Ortegal . Jerez de la Frontera is a ___MASK32___ city and municipality in the province of Cádiz in the autonomous community of Andalusia , in southwestern Spain , situated midway between the Atlantic Ocean and the Cádiz Mountains . , the city , the largest in the province , had 212 , 876 inhabitants ; it is the fifth largest in Andalusia . It has become the transportation and communications hub of the province , surpassing even Cádiz , the provincial capital , in economic activity . Jerez de la Frontera is also , in terms of land area , the largest municipality in the province , and its sprawling outlying areas are a fertile zone for agriculture . There are also many cattle ranches and horse - breeding operations , as well as a world - renowned wine industry ( Xerez ). Circuit Ricardo Tormo , also known as Circuit de Valencia and officially named Circuit de la Comunitat Valenciana Ricardo Tormo , is a ___MASK89___ race track located in Cheste ( Valencia , Spain ) and built in 1999 . It has a capacity of 120 , 000 and a main straight of 876 metres . It is often used as a test track by the Formula One teams , because of the mild temperatures in winter . Anthony Davidson holds the unofficial lap record , set in 2006 while testing a Honda RA106 , with a time of 1 m 08 . 540sec . Andalusia is a ___MASK32___ region established as an autonomous community . It is the most populated and the second largest in area of the autonomous communities in the country . The Andalusian autonomous community is officially recognised as " historical nationality ". The territory is divided into eight provinces : Almería , Cádiz , Córdoba , Granada , Huelva , Jaén , Málaga and Seville . Its capital is the city of Seville ( ___MASK32___ : " Sevilla "). The Iberian Peninsula , also known as Iberia , is located in the southwest corner of Europe . The peninsula is principally divided between Portugal 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 Gibraltar on its south coast , a small peninsula which forms an overseas territory of the ___MASK3___ . With an area of approximately , it is the second largest European peninsula , after the Scandinavian . Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain , is a sovereign state largely located on the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe , with two large archipelagos , the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea 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 Sea near the Moroccan coast . Its mainland is bordered to the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea except for a small land boundary with Gibraltar ; 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 . The Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix is a motorcycling event held at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona , Catalonia , Spain , as part of the Grand Prix ___MASK75___ season .