Portal:Portugal

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Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, overlooking the Tagus river Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, overlooking the Tagus river File:Flag of Portugal (official).svg Flag of Portugal File:EU-Portugal.svg Location of Portugal in Europe Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country in Southwestern Europe. Mainland Portugal is located on the southwestern portion of the Iberian Peninsula, and bordered by Spain to the north and east. Portugal also includes the archipelagos of Madeira and the Azores in the Atlantic Ocean. The country has a population of 11.4 million, and Lisbon, its capital, is the largest city. Portugal's internal waters and territorial sea together account for two-fifths of its territory, and its exclusive economic zone is one of Europe's largest. The country's terrain contains a diverse range of landscapes and regional climates. The western Iberian Peninsula has been inhabited since prehistory, with the earliest signs of settlement dating to between 5500 BC and 5300 BC. Muslims had occupied the Iberian Peninsula since 711. As a result of the Reconquista against them, Portugal was established as a county of the Kingdom of León in 868 and formally as a kingdom in 1179. During the Age of Discovery, the kingdom made several advancements in nautical science and maritime exploration to discover new territories and sea routes, which led to the establishment of the Portuguese Empire. The kingdom became a republic in 1910, before becoming a dictatorship in 1926, whose 1974 overthrow enabled democracy to be established in 1976. Portugal is a unitary republic and multi-party representative democracy with four separate sovereignty organs: president, government, parliament, and judiciary. It has a unicameral national legislature known as the Assembly of the Republic (Assembleia da República). Portugal is divided into seven mainland regions and two autonomous overseas regions, though it remains a highly centralised country. (Full article...) Portal:Portugal/box-header This is a Featured article, which represents some of the best content on English Wikipedia. The following are images from various Portugal-related articles on Wikipedia. Portal:Portugal/box-header This is a Good article, an article that meets a core set of high editorial standards. The following Wikimedia Foundation sister projects provide more on this subject: Wikimedia Commons logo Commons Free media repository Wikibooks logo Wikibooks Free textbooks and manuals File:Wikidata-logo.svg Wikidata Free knowledge base File:Wikiquote-logo.svg Wikiquote Collection of quotations Wikisource logo Wikisource Free-content library Wikiversity logo Wikiversity Free learning tools Wikivoyage logo Wikivoyage Free travel guide Wiktionary logo Wiktionary Dictionary and thesaurus Discover Wikipedia using portals icon List of all portals icon The arts portal File:P vip.svg Biography portal File:Ambox globe Asia Australia.svg Current events portal icon Geography portal File:P history.svg History portal icon Mathematics portal icon Science portal icon Society portal icon Technology portal icon Random portal icon WikiProject Portals