Peninsular Spain
Peninsular Spain refers to the part of the territory of Spain located within the Iberian Peninsula,[1] thus excluding other parts of Spain: the Canary Islands, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta, Melilla, and several islets and crags off the coast of Morocco known collectively as plazas de soberanía (places of sovereignty).It has land frontiers with France and Andorra to the north; Portugal to the west; and the British overseas territory of Gibraltar to the south.Peninsular Spain has an area of 492,175 km2[2] and a population of 43,731,572.Occupying the central part of Spain, it possesses much greater resources and better interior and exterior communications than other parts of the country.To redress this imbalance, Spanish residents outside the peninsula receive a state subsidy for transport to and from the peninsula.
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