Madrid is the capital city of Spain, located at its center. The city is featured in various cherished works of Ernest Hemingway and was immortalized by the great Spanish author Benito Pérez Galdós, in his novel Fortunata y Jacinta. Madrid is full of a spirit unique to a place which is both the heart of traditional Castile and a great cosmopolitan metropolis, open to all the world and innovative in its art and culture.
English is the official language of USA, Canada, England, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Belize and some other ex-british colonies.
In Canada, 20 percent of the population speaks French. Twenty-three African countries speak French as an official or as a primary language.
German is spoken as the official or co-official language in 7 European countries with a combined population of approximately 119 million.