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Spain covers more than 502,000 square kilometers. It's impossible to be precise with so much land. If you want absolutes, be precise about what you want an Absolute of. Below are the coordinates of three major cities and even these are not too precise in as much as cities tend to be fairly large also. The coordinates below could be even more precise if the Datum which gives those coordinate were given also.

Don't ask for absolutes if you don't understand what that engenders!

Madrid: (capital city) 40º 25' N, 03º 43' W

Barcelona: 41º 25' N, 02º 10' E

Seville: 37º 24' N, 05º 59' W
The absolute location of Spain is 40.4333 degrees N, 3.7000 degrees W. Spain is a country located in southwestern Europe.

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