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Spain is one of the Mediterranean countries that belong to the EU. It is the third biggest country in Europe, behind Russia and France, with a surface of 504.782 km2. According to the National Institute of Statistics, there were 43,026,982 inhabitants by January 2004; i.e., the mean population density is of 86 inhabitants/km2. Nevertheless, there is a great inequality in the distribution of the population among regions. Most of the people live in the coastal regions and in big urban agglomerations; i.e., the region of Madrid has 724 inhabitants/km2, while Castilla-La Mancha, an inland region, has 23 inhabitants/km2 only.
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Alberola, C.R., Molina, E.F. (2006). Continuity and Change in the Spanish Juvenile Justice System. In: Junger-Tas, J., Decker, S.H. (eds) International Handbook of Juvenile Justice. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-09478-6_13
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