Cuba

Dominican Republic

Caribbean

Spain

Europe

Argentina

Bolivia

Chile

Colombia

Costa Rica

Ecuador

El Salvador

Guatemala

Honduras

Nicaragua

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Uruguay

Venezuela

Latin America

Puerto Rico (U.S.)

None

Mexico

North America

Equatorial Guinea

Sub-Saharan Africa

A world map shows the countries where Spanish is an official or de facto language. These countries are highlighted in light orange and include Spain, Central America, and the western region of South America (Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Chile).

Countries where Spanish is an official (or serves as a de facto) language

Countries

World

Ethnologue

Spanish as Official or de facto Language

The 2000 presidential election in the United States pitted Republican George W. Bush against Democrat Al Gore. This layer portrays the popular vote results at the county and county-equivalent level. The map portrays the winner of the popular vote while data probing, placing the mouse over a county, displays the percentage of the vote for each candidate and the total number of votes cast. In the 2000 election, Mr. Bush won the majority of counties and county equivalents. Mr. Gore won the popular vote in the following areas. First, he won the vote in most of the major urban centers. Exceptions were Dallas-Fort Worth, San Antonio, Austin, Oklahoma City, Omaha, Salt Lake City, and Indianapolis. Mr. Gore also won in northern Arizona, northern New Mexico, southern Colorado, along the southern half of the Mississippi River, extreme southern Texas, a zone extending from central Alabama through central Georgia, into eastern North Carolina. Mr. Gore won in the Appalachian mountains and the majority of counties in New England. Mr. Bush won the Alaskan municipalities while Mr. Gore won the counties of Hawaii.

Percentage of the popular vote by county that went to George W. Bush versus Al Gore in the 2000 presidential election

US Counties

American University

U.S. Presidential Election: Popular Vote by County, 2000 

China

Japan

South Korea

East Asia

Russia

Eurasia

Italy

Portugal

Romania

San Marino

Switzerland

Ukraine

Brazil

Pakistan

South Asia

A map shows the members and observers of the Latin American Integration Association (A L A D I). Countries in green, such as Brazil, Argentina, and Mexico, are members. Countries in yellow, including Spain and Russia, are observers.

Member states of the Latin American Integration Association

ALADI

Latin American Integration Association (ALADI)

Austria

Belgium

Cyprus

Estonia

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

Ireland

Latvia

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malta

Netherlands

Slovakia

Slovenia

A world map highlights (blue) the members of the European Monetary Union: Ireland, Portugal, Spain, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Greece, and Cyprus.

Spanish as Official or de facto Language	Display by:	Latin American Integration Association (ALADI)	European Monetary Union (“Euroland”)
Value	U.S. Presidential Election: Popular Vote by County, 2000	Value	Value

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Spanish as Official or de facto Language