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  2. Portugal - Wikipedia

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    ISO 3166 code. PT. Internet TLD. .pt. Portugal, [e] officially the Portuguese Republic, [f] is a country located on the Iberian Peninsula, in Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Macaronesian archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira.

  3. Government of Portugal - Wikipedia

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    The Government of Portugal, also referred to as the Government of the Portuguese Republic, the Portuguese Government or simply the Government, is one of the four sovereignty bodies of the Portuguese Republic, together with the President of the Republic, the Assembly of the Republic and the courts.

  4. Demographics of Portugal - Wikipedia

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    Portuguese. Demographic features of the population of Portugal include population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population. As of 31 December 2022, Portugal had an estimated population of 10,467,366 inhabitants. [1]

  5. Geography of Portugal - Wikipedia

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    Exclusive economic zone. 1,727,408 km 2 (666,956 sq mi) Portugal is a coastal nation in western Europe, located at the western end of the Iberian Peninsula, bordering Spain (on its northern and eastern frontiers: a total of 1,215 kilometres (755 mi)). The Portuguese territory also includes a series of archipelagos in the Atlantic Ocean (the ...

  6. Economy of Portugal - Wikipedia

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    The economy of Portugal is ranked 34th in the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Report for 2019. The great majority of the international trade is done within the European Union (EU), whose countries received 71.4% of the Portuguese exports and were the origin of 74.6% of the Portuguese imports in 2020.

  7. António de Oliveira Salazar - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. António de Oliveira Salazar [a] GCTE GCSE GColIH GCIC ( / ˌsæləˈzɑːr /, US also / ˌsɑːl -/, Portuguese: [ɐ̃ˈtɔni.u ðɨ ɔliˈvɐjɾɐ sɐlɐˈzaɾ]; 28 April 1889 – 27 July 1970) was a Portuguese statesman, academic, and economist who served as Prime Minister of Portugal from 1932 to 1968.

  8. Economic history of Portugal - Wikipedia

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    The economic history of Portugal covers the development of the economy throughout the course of Portuguese history. It has its roots prior to nationality, when Roman occupation developed a thriving economy in Hispania, in the provinces of Lusitania and Gallaecia, as producers and exporters to the Roman Empire. This continued under the Visigoths ...

  9. Belém Tower - Wikipedia

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    Reference no. IPA.00004065. Belém Tower (Portuguese: Torre de Belém, pronounced [ˈtoʁɨ ðɨ βɨˈlɐ̃j]; literally: Bethlehem Tower), officially the Tower of Saint Vincent (Portuguese: Torre de São Vicente) is a 16th-century fortification located in Lisbon that served as a point of embarkation and disembarkation for Portuguese explorers ...

  10. Kingdom of Portugal - Wikipedia

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    The Kingdom of Portugal [3] was a monarchy in the western Iberian Peninsula and the predecessor of the modern Portuguese Republic. Existing to various extents between 1139 and 1910, it was also known as the Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves after 1415, and as the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves between 1815 and 1822. The ...

  11. Tourism in Portugal - Wikipedia

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    As of 2019, Portugal had 27 million visitors. The most popular destinations were Lisbon, Porto, the Algarve, the Portuguese Riviera, Madeira, Sintra, Óbidos and Fátima. The most popular with internationals were Lisbon, the Algarve and Northern Portugal. National tourists prefer Northern Portugal, followed by Central Portugal and the Algarve.