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1. España es un país miembro de la Unión Europea. Su forma de gobierno es la monarquía
parlamentaria y su territorio está organizado en 17
comunidades autónomas y dos ciudades autónomas.
La capital es Madrid.
Se encuentra situado en Europa Occidental. Tiene una
extensión de 504.645 Km2 y su población es de
47.190.493 habitantes
España tiene un clima muy diverso a lo largo de todo su
territorio. Predomina el carácter mediterráneo en casi
toda su geografía, temperaturas suaves, precipitaciones
abundantes casi todo el año excepto en verano.
Nosotros vivimos en Zahara de los Atunes (Cádiz)
Zahara de los Atunes is a village belonging to the town of Barbate.
We are aproximately two thousand inhabitants in winter, but in summer the population can
reach 30,000 - squeezed in like sardines in a can.
We have many kilometers of long, near-virgin beaches, due in part to the fact that there is
a lot of military terrain which may not be developed.
They are protected areas, being part of the “La Breña” Natural Park.
In some zones the pine forest reach down to the beach.

2. In the unmilitarized zones, apartments alternate with luxury chalets and in summer the
population explodes.
Its a good job there’s a lot of beaches and you can always find a few meters of space to
lay your towel.
En Zahara de los Atunes there are good hotels and tourist complexes open mainly in
summer.
The “almadraba” is a traditional tuna-fishing method, dating back thousands of years to the
phoenicians. Tunas of up to and over 500 kg are caught. Most of the catch is exported to
Japan.
There is a lot of sport fishing and traditional fishing arts, like “atarraya” are maintained.
Submarine fishing is also practiced here.
These marine products are the basis of our gastronomy, especially the tuna, which is
prepared in many ways and supplies many preserving industries in Barbate.
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3. PROYECT COMENIUS: LET'S REVEAL SECRETS OF EUROPEAN GARDENS
This year in Comenius proyect, we work with plants, flowers and gardens
In Zahara, we have mediterranean climate. Levante wind and coastal landscape made it
a difficult place for some plants
In Zahara, we have mediterranean climate. Levante wind and coastal landscape made it a
difficult place for some plants. There are no interesting public gardens. Normally there are
small places where people plant.
Andalusian gardens are influenced by arabian culture, where colors and water are very
important. Córdoba and Sevilla have tipycal arabian gardens.
In Andalucía there are tipycal indoors places with plants in the houses. These places have
direct sun light.
Typical from Andalucía are: palms, olive trees, geranium and azahar flower (orange tree
flower).

4. In Spain there are tipycal french gardens like “Palacio de la Granja” (Segovia) and
“Aranjuez” (Madrid) gardens.
Espero que sea una experiencia interesante pues tenemos ganas de trabajar en el
proyecto
BYE