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Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain , is a ___MASK20___ 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 . Human geography is the branch of the social sciences that deals with the study of people and their communities , cultures , economies and interaction with the environment by noticing their relations with and across space and place . As an ___MASK73___ discipline , geography is divided into the sub - fields of physical geography and human geography , the latter concentrating upon the study of human activities , by the application of qualitative and quantitative ___MASK85___ methods . Geography ( from Greek , " geographia ", literally " earth description ") is a field of ___MASK11___ devoted to the study of the lands , the features , the inhabitants , and the phenomena of Earth . The first person to use the word "  " was Eratosthenes ( 276  194 BC ). Geography is an all - encompassing discipline that seeks an understanding of the Earth and its human and natural complexities  not merely where objects are , but how they have changed and come to be . It is often defined in terms of the two branches of human geography and physical geography . The four historical traditions in geographical ___MASK85___ are : spatial analyses of natural and the human phenomena , area studies of places and regions , studies of human - land relationships , and the Earth sciences . Geography has been called " the world discipline " and " the bridge between the human and the physical sciences ". Art is a diverse range of human activities in creating visual , auditory or performing artifacts ( artworks ), expressing the ___MASK92___ ' s imaginative or technical skill , intended to be appreciated for their beauty or emotional power . In their most ___MASK86___ form these activities include the production of works of art , the criticism of art , the study of the history of art , and the aesthetic dissemination of art . Ayuntamiento is the ___MASK86___ term for the council of a municipality , or sometimes the municipality itself , in Spain and Latin America . Historically "" ayuntamiento "" was often preceded by the word " excelentísimo " ( English : " most excellent "), when referring to the council . This phrase is often abbreviated "" Exc . Ay ."" Modern humans (" Homo sapiens ", primarily ssp . " Homo sapiens sapiens ") are the only extant members of Hominina tribe ( or human tribe ), a branch of the tribe Hominini belonging to the family of great apes . They are characterized by erect posture and bipedal locomotion ; manual dexterity and increased tool use , compared to other animals ; and a ___MASK86___ trend toward larger , more complex brains and societies . ___MASK11___ is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe . 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 Spanish Government . Physical geography ( also known as geosystems or physiography ) is one of the two ___MASK4___ sub - fields of geography . Physical geography is that branch of natural science which deals with the study of processes and patterns in the natural environment like the atmosphere , hydrosphere , biosphere , and geosphere , as opposed to the cultural or built environment , the domain of human geography . The European Union ( EU ) is a political and economic union of ___MASK97___ states that are located primarily in Europe . It has an area of , and an estimated population of over 510 million . The EU has developed an internal single market through a standardised system of laws that apply in all ___MASK97___ states . EU policies aim to ensure the free movement of people , goods , services , and capital within the internal market , enact legislation in ___MASK13___ 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 EU ___MASK97___ states which use the euro currency . Earth ___MASK11___ or geoscience is a widely embraced term for the fields of ___MASK11___ related to the planet Earth . Earth ___MASK11___ can be considered to be a branch of planetary ___MASK11___ , but with a much older history . There are both reductionist and holistic approaches to Earth sciences . The Earth sciences can include the study of geology , the lithosphere , and the large - scale structure of the Earth ' s interior , as well as the atmosphere , hydrosphere , and biosphere . Typically , Earth scientists use tools from geography , chronology , ___MASK52___ , chemistry , biology , and mathematics to build a quantitative understanding of how the Earth system works and evolves . A ___MASK41___ is a person who researches , studies , and writes about the past , and is regarded as an authority on it . Historians are concerned with the continuous , methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race ; as well as the study of all history in time . If the individual is concerned with events preceding written history , the individual is a ___MASK41___ of prehistory . Although " ___MASK41___ " can be used to describe amateur and professional historians alike , it is reserved more recently for those who have acquired graduate degrees in the discipline . Some historians , though , are recognized by publications or training and experience . " ___MASK41___ " became a professional occupation in the late nineteenth century as research universities were emerging in Germany and elsewhere . Morocco (', lit . " The West "; '), officially known as the Kingdom of Morocco (', lit . " The Western Kingdom "; '), is a ___MASK20___ country located in the Maghreb region of North Africa . Geographically , Morocco is characterized by a rugged mountainous interior , large tracts of desert , and a lengthy coastline along the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea . Eratosthenes of Cyrene (;  ) was a Greek ___MASK8___ , ___MASK81___ , poet , astronomer , and music theorist . He was a man of learning , becoming the chief ___MASK94___ at the Library of Alexandria . He invented the discipline of geography , including the terminology used today . An umbrella term is a word or phrase that covers a broad interval or set of functions or items that all fall under a single common category . For example , " cryptology " is an umbrella term that encompasses cryptography and ___MASK34___ , among other fields . Similarly , an umbrella organization is a central and coordinating body representing a number of smaller , separate bodies . Breña Alta ( Spanish for Upper Breña ) is a municipality on the eastern side of the island of La Palma , in the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife , in the Canary Islands . The ayuntamiento ( municipal office ) is in the town of San Pedro , at 350 m above sea - level , and only 9 km south of the island ' s capital Santa Cruz de la Palma . Breña Alta lies on the main highway encircling the island , just north of La Palma Airport . Until the 17th century the area was known as Breña , but was then divided into Breña Alta and Breña Baja . History ( from Greek , " historia ", meaning " inquiry , knowledge acquired by investigation ") is the study of the past as it is described in written documents . Events occurring before written record are considered prehistory . It is an umbrella term that relates to past events as well as the memory , discovery , collection , organization , presentation , and interpretation of information about these events . Scholars who write about history are called historians . Leoncio Afonso Perez was ( born 12 September 1916 in Breña Alta , Canary Islands ) . His career has been dedicated to the study of the geography , history and toponomics of the Canary Islands . Area studies are interdisciplinary fields of ___MASK85___ and scholarship pertaining to particular geographical , national / federal , or cultural regions . The term exists primarily as a general description for what are , in the practice of scholarship , many heterogeneous fields of ___MASK85___ , encompassing both the social sciences and the humanities . Typical area study programs involve history , political science , sociology , cultural studies , languages , geography , literature , and related disciplines . In contrast to cultural studies , area studies often include diaspora and emigration from the area .