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Background Stats: compare key data on Ireland & Spain

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Definitions

  • Daylight Savings Time end date: Rules that determine the date on which daylight savings time ends. Clocks are moved backwards on this date.
  • Daylight Savings Time start date: Rules that determine the date on which daylight savings time begins. Clocks are moved forward on this date.
  • Land border length: The length of each country's land border. Islands are listed as having a 0.0 km.
  • National anthems: National anthem.
  • Neighboring countries and territories: The countries and territories neighboring each country. "L" means they share only a land border and "M" means they have only maritime boundaries. A blank means they share both.
  • Overview: A geopolitical overview of every sovereign country in the world, briefly examining their recent history and place on the global stage. The texts are taken from the BBC News website.
STAT Ireland Spain
Daylight Savings Time end date 01:00 UTC on last Sunday October 01:00 UTC on last Sunday October
Daylight Savings Time start date 01:00 UTC on last Sunday March 01:00 UTC on last Sunday March
Land border length 360 km
Ranked 146th.
1,918 km
Ranked 90th. 5 times more than Ireland
National anthems Amhr\u00e1n na bhFiann ( The Soldier's Song ) La Marcha Real ( The Royal March )
Neighboring countries and territories United Kingdom Algeria (M) Andorra (L) France Italy (M) Morocco Portugal Gibraltar ( United Kingdom ) Western Sahara (M)
Overview <p>Ireland emerged from the conflict that marked its birth as an independent state to become one of Europe&#039;s economic success stories in the final decade of the twentieth century.</p> <p>Long under English or British rule, Ireland lost half its population in the decades following the Great Famine of the 1840s to death and emigration.</p> <p>After World War I, independence from the United Kingdom was only achieved at the price of civil war and partition. Northern Ireland remains part of Britain.</p><br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17473476">Full Article</a> <p>Located at the crossroads of the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, Europe and Africa, Spain&#039;s history and culture are made up of a rich mix of diverse elements.</p> <p>Through exploration and conquest, Spain became a world power in the 16th century, and it maintained a vast overseas empire until the early 19th century. </p> <p>Spain&#039;s modern history is marked by the bitterly fought Spanish Civil War of 1936-39, and the ensuing 36-year dictatorship of General Francisco Franco.</p><br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17941641">Full Article</a>

SOURCES: Wikipedia: Daylight saving time by country (Daylight Saving Time rules); Wikipedia: List of countries and territories by land borders (Land borders) (Note: land border lengths will vary depending on the scale by which they are measured, and therefore these figures without a source accompanied by an explanation of how they were measured and at what scale makes comparisons impossible; for more information see coastline paradox .); Wikipedia: List of national anthems (Anthems of United Nations member states) ("List of Member States" . United Nations . Retrieved 2011-07-21 .); Wikipedia: List of countries and territories by land and maritime borders; British Broadcasting Corporation 2014

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