Why So Few People Live In This HUGE Area In The Middle Of Spain 

My condolences.

What do you have on Portugal?

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It's just a lot of farm land.

@@avilacanario The beaches are great. The beer is cheap. We lived in Oliva for a year and the biggest downside is the obnoxious tourists in the Summer months from northern Europe.

Indeed Sir, Spain has a bit of everything. That is why the movie "Patton" was shot in Spain; it has both desert > North African desert and forest hills > the Ardennes, Belgium.

yes a bit of good things and a lot of bad things

@@metacosmos no country's perfect. It has problems but everywhere does

most ultra nationalistic believe that their country is perfect.@@devanman7920

My other half is from Málaga and I've been around Spain a lot. It always surprises me how empty it is even down there compared to England. We don't have room to breath in England these days.

England has plenty of space to breath,if you live in a city it’s busy outside of the he city’s have plenty of open space.

@@Joshua-fi4ji So, how much of England is built on? 🏠 The answer is just over 10%. But rather than focusing solely on the land that is built on, let's take a moment to appreciate the untapped potential and hidden beauty of the land that remains undeveloped.

@@ebonytv3414 Most land is owned and used for something, be it housing or farms, especially down south and around the coasts. It's not like France, Spain or much of Scotland where you have huge areas of undeveloped land. Saying there's no space to breath is an exaggeration, but the population density the south of England is so much higher.

@@Joshua-fi4ji that was from British statistics not made up by me. Unlike your Exaggeration.

Yo creo que si eligen una de esas zonas despobladas y la hacen una "zona económica especial" con bajos impuestos como del 10% máximo o algo así rápidamente se van a poblar e industrializar, no se porque su gobierno no lo hace xd

@@chipaguasustudios porque gobierna el PSOE, y a esos les gusta vivir del clientelismo, no de una economía libre y dinámica.

Claro, como Castilla y León, que lleva el PP 40 años seguidos y es la zona de España con mayor despoblación

@@Kan3sky Como te han respondido, esto es independiente del partido que gobierne, Castilla y Leon es del PP de siempre y está despobladísima. Tiene que ver simplemente con practicidad, estoy a medio camino entre Extremadura y Castilla-La Mancha y te aseguro que el problema principal es simplemente que Madrid está relativamente cerca, o se dan incentivos a las empresas para establecerse en estas zonas o es imposible que se alejen de Madrid para irse a un sitio desde el que van a tener que viajar y transportar a Madrid constantemente. Ha habido gobiernos de PP, de PSOE y todo lo que tú quieras, esto se tiene que organizar a nivel estatal, y eso implicaría "quitarle" empresas a Madrid, Valencia, Barcelona, Bilbao, etc, a largo plazo a la gente le harías un favor, a corto plazo implica más paro, más desplazamiento y relativo empobrecimiento de las grandes ciudades, cosa que no están dispuestos a hacer debido a que enfadar a corto plazo a gran parte de la población de zonas que representan el 80% del censo es simplemente políticamente suicida, y quien lo haga está condenado a perder las siguientes elecciones y además que el que venga detrás lo revierta para venir como "salvador" y asegurarse votos. Este tipo de planificaciones en un sistema democrático son simplemente inviables, por eso Franco pudo hacerlo, o los reyes absolutistas pudieron, pero es imposible a día de hoy. China lo hace, la URSS o Yugoslavia lo hizo, los países árabes lo hacen, Europa simplemente sólo lo haría si quien maneja el cotarro está dispuesto a hacerlo, y ahora mismo no les interesa.

En tiempo de Cervantes se la conocía como Castilla la vacía. En el Quijote expone una vacía, refiriendo a Felipe II la característica del territorio, en contraste con la Cataluña que le muestra en la segunda parte.

Yeah ,today in France there is like 4 Millions French of Spanish Origin (Along with 5,5 Millions of Italian origin and 2 Millions of Portuguese origin)

It is false to atribute that to Franco. Most of that emigration ocurred between 1914 and 1936. Then it continued after 1965. And it still continues today, specially after 2011.

​@@cristoux Spaniards abroad is 3%. is literally the lowest in all Europe.

​@@plumebrise48014 millions of Spaniards is literally impossible. there are not even 4 millions of spaniards abroad in all the history of Spain. maybe 4 million in Usa.

Thanks for pointing out, he took the independentist definition. That is not the official administrative division and people in those regions think of themselves as Spanish.

@@cristoux I go to Logroño and Calahorra a lot (cities in La Rioja). People there don't feel Basque. The PP (right-wing) govern La Rioja.

@@Cuyi1990 exactly what I meant. I edited for clarity.

Yeah that's Euskal Herria which isnt the same as The Basque country comunity proper as Eusk. Herria expands over several autonomous communities and countries (having some parts in France).

It still exploits workers in the rhird world

@@Spartakist-ch4nb Not Mondragon.

Some people won't like reading Mondragón and will tell you its real name is in fact Arrasate (Basque name) 😉

@@lmarts Mondragon is its international name just as that amazing great workers' coop knows that English is the dominant global lingua franca. There are many people like me here in the USA that immediately think of the Mondragon workers cooperative when anyone mentions Basque country. The people of Basque country should be proud of Mondragon.

@@lmartsThe oficial name of the cooperative is Mondragón, based out of the town of Mondragón which has a basque name Arrasate but does not mean the cooperative is named arrasate which is not.

Agreed, been there, and Zaragoza is indeed more city like than rural. One of the more interesting places I've been in Europe.

I was about to comment that. The Ebro valley and specifically Zaragoza are une of the few examples of density populated areas in “central” Spain. Zaragoza also received a lot of emigrants during the 20th century as a growing industrial city.

Zaragoza is the fifth most important city in Spain, inaccurate map.

Navarra is also culturally and traditionally Basque.

@@maikeus3948 That has no administrative political relevance. Navarra at least was an independent Kingdom, the Basque Country never was.

@@barrylyndon5084it’s a huge error to believe that administration is the only valid reality. In fact, it’s not. The history, culture and actual reality of Navarra can NOT be separated from being Basque.

@@maikeus3948 No es motivo para que aparezcan en un mapa como un único territorio administrativo, porque NO LO SON.

@@barrylyndon5084 léete la transitoria cuarta de la constitución, anda, y luego le cuentas que navarra de vasca no tiene nada.

Good analysis. But El Ejido is at the coast not in the empty Spain

Still there there are dynamic towns and cities who attract immigration, but lack of investment tends to make it hard for them to keep going

We are a country with 48 millions we are not despopulated lol

@@angyliv8040 La zona de la que se habla en el vídeo sí está poco poblada comparada al resto del país, y a pesar de su extensión territorial, España siempre a estado menos poblada que países aledaños de tamaño similar, como Francia, y después de la revolución industrial la diferencia demográfica con otros países de Europa occidental se ha marcado todavía más. Alemania, por ejemplo, tiene casi el doble de habitantes en un territorio mucho más chico.

It's a good thing to have underpopulated areas. Urbanisation trashes the land and the ecosystem.

Afortunadamente.

Shockingly if see hard enough in the aragon part of the "empty ring", you can find Zaragoza, Spain's 5th largest city and metro region which all on its own has ~15% of the entire "empty ring's" population standing out as the huge exception.

@@TheOneAnd178 Very true. I will have to visit Zaragoza. I must say, however, after watching this video, I felt empty inside.

And before that It was the capital of the visigoth kingdom

Definitely explore Extremadura, especially the northern half (Caceres province), there's nowhere else like it in Spain, and it's home to glorious medieval towns/cities like Caceres & Trujillo as well as the remarkable Roman city of Merida. Also explore Aragon, another uniquely rugged, beautiful region that's remarkably varied. Both regions are seriously empty and you'll have entire vistas to yourself.

Antes de eso, Toledo fue la primera capital de los visigodos. Y un orgullo y un impulso en la reconquista para los cristianos al volver a reconquistarla a los moros. Allí convivían judíos, moros y cristianos, pero cada etnia dividida en sus propios barrios, hasta la expulsión, primero de judíos y posteriormente de los moros, es una de las ciudades con un casco medieval mejor conservados al igual que Segovia. Y también hay que decir que el arco de herradura fue un invento visigodo, después adoptado por los moros invasores.

There's no choice in these rural areas. A car is essential.

@@Peter_Schiavo I am not talking about rural areas so much as sun belt cities that are built with the car envisioned as the primary (so only practical) means of transportation.

El anillo debería abarcar león, Palencia (no se porque no lo remarca), huesca, Navarra, orense, Lugo y Lérida

yeah mountains is not great for farming hard to support a large population

Not really, that region is not more montainous than the rest of the country, and in there is the biggest flatlands area of the entire country, La Mancha

I confirm, I live there and I took the PISA exam

I agree. I am “PISA in the country”. Nice to meet you!

One of them is a psychopath. He used to wear a short moustache. High education won't give you empathy and ethical behaviour.

@@lmarts you must be andalusian.

@@sergiodma nope. I'm Valencian, with a master's degree. Not as bigot as your reply makes you seem.

I would think so.

The highways are very good and, at least for now, toll free. The EU would like that to change.

@@Peter_Schiavo The EU doesn't care whether you levy toll or not. Do you think that the EU could impose tolls when Germany (and the Netherlands) don't levy it? Never going to happen. What the EU wants is that countries run a responsible budget; in other words, don't spend money on fanciful projects, so that a minister can have a photo op. Considering that Spain is in the lower half of EU when it comes to GDP (PPP), what it spends on infrastructure appears disproportionate. Its motorway and high speed rail network may make sense given its geography, but not given its economy.

@@SeverityOnebueno, la red de alta velocidad creo que también llegará a ser muy rentable económicamente debido al incremento del turismo, que cada vez más, se mueve desde la costa para conocer el interior y esto es muy apropiado con la alta velocidad.

So Ibiza has competition in partying?

i mean its different. In ibiza you don't know anyone and its more like tourist partys.. I'm talking about what thee people do with the little they have @@mardiffv.8775

You can find very cheap houses, but there is a reason why those areas are cheap.

En el interior peninsular está Zaragoza con unos 700.000 habitantes y Valladolid con 330.000 habitantes y un área metropolitana de más de 450. 000 habitantes. Luego también hay una serie de ciudsdes con más de 100.000 habitantes como León, Burgos, Salamanca, Albacete, Talavera de la Reina, Badajoz y Logroño. Lógicamente la población vive dispersa en estas zonas, pero es una región muy rica en ciudades muy importantes aunque sean de escasa población y ojo que en la lista no incluyó a Mérida, Cáceres, Plasencia, Toledo, Segovia, Ávila, Teruel, Palencia, Zamora , etc..... Que son ciudades con un legado histórico y arquitectónico espectacular

Yes indeed, the Portugese are mainly located on the Southern coast.

Si algo bueno hizo el dictador Franco, fueron los pantanos, creó una gran infraestructura de pantanos, el interior no suele tener problema de falta de agua, es más, se trasvasa agua del Río Tajo que nace en el interior y se envía a la zona agrícola situada en la costa de Murcia, en el mediterráneo. No es ese el problema, en el interior de la península, el problema viene de la falta de industria, ya que Franco enfocó toda la ayuda a la industria hacia Cataluña y el País Vasco. Por otro lado la zona interior tiene una gran belleza paisajística, con grandes montañas y grandes dehesas llenas de robles y encinas donde se cría el cerdo ibérico que se alimenta de bellotas, que es por su sabor orgullo de la gastronomía española. También el centro tiene mucha riqueza en fauna y flora, lobos, linces, ciervos, jabalíes, es una bella y tranquila zona para vivir si ya tienes el tema económico resuelto.

Basque country en inglés hace referencia a "Euskal Herria" lo que viene siendo la antigua Vasconia y por lo tanto incluye a navarra. Pais Vasco en castellano se traduce como "Euskadi" y eso si que es solo la comunidad autonoma. No se ha equivocado es que esta hablando de cosas distintas