News from the Ministry 22 April 2012

Amazing facts about SPAIN

       
(in spite of the current crisis):

    

• Per capita, Spain is has the highest consumption of cocaine & marijuana in the world http://www.businessinsider.com/countries-most-cocaine-users-2012-6
• Spain is the single country of the world with the most AVE kilometers of rail-lines--220 kms./hr. (High-Speed Train lines)
• Seven of every ten young people 20-30 yrs. still live at home with their parents.
• The greatest amount of solar energy derived from solar instalations in the world comes from Spain.
• Spain is the largest producer and exporter of table olives in the world; the greatest producer of piñon nuts; the greatest exporter of citric fruits; the second greatest producer of artichokes; and the highest producer in Europe of all kinds of fruit.
• Currently Spain has the highest unemployment in Europe, 26%.
• 30% of all the grape vineyards in the European Union are in Spain, representing 13.8% of all the land dedicated to wine culture in the world.
• Spain is the second greatest exporter of wine in the world, behind Italy; is the 1st highest producer of honey and is the 1st highest producer in Europe of fish from hatcheries.
• More than 459 million people in the world speak Spanish; there are 18 million registered students of Spanish; 81 million web pages in Spanish
• Spanish is the second most-widely spoken language in the world, per number of speakers, and is the 2nd language of international communication
• 40.5 million people speak Spanish in countries where it is NOT the official language.
• Spain is the fourth most popular tourist destination in the world and has the third largest number of hotel rooms.
• Spain leads Europe in the amount of water recovered from desalination plants.
• Spain is the 2nd highest manufacturer of vehicles in Europe; is the first in Europe for installed capability for the production of stainless-steel.
• Telefonica is the the first integrated-european telephone operation in Europe, and the first in the world for number of customers.
• The second largest telescope in the world is in Spain (in La Palma, Canarias).
• Spain holds the first place in Europe and the third in the world in agrobiotecnology; and is fifth in biochemistry and molecular biology.
• Three of every five airline flights in the world are controlled by Spanish-designed systems of air navegation.
• The electronic DNI (National Identity Document) and electronic passport are pioneer efforts in personal electronic identification
• Seven of the ten largest companies in the world in administration of infrastructrues are Spanish.
• The third wealthiest man in the world is a Spaniard (Amancio Ortega), after Bill Gates; and is worth 47 billion dollars; who increased his wealth by 32% in the last year. Spanish - http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2012/08/07/economia/1344304904.html, English - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/08/amancio-ortega-third-richest-man_n_1756048.html
• A total of 100% of Spaniards and residents of Spain are sinners and without hope of Heaven, without Christ (Rom. 3:23; 6:23).
• Spain is the least evangelized Spanish-Speaking country in the world. http://templetons2spain.blogspot.com.es/2011/04/spain-least-evangelized-spanish.html and "SPAIN: Missionaries wanted", http://issuu.com/CredoMagazine/docs/march_2012-make_disciples_of_all_nations-final/15