Portugal

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Portugal pôrˈchəgəl, officially Portuguese Republic, republic (2015 est. pop. 10,418,000), 35,553 sq mi (92,082 sq km), SW Europe, on the western side of the Iberian Peninsula and including the Madeira Islands and the Azores in the Atlantic Ocean. Portugal is bordered by Spain on the east and north and by the Atlantic Ocean on the west and south. The capital and by far the largest city is Lisbon.

Sections in this article:

• Introduction
• Portugal in the Late Twentieth Century
• <named-content content-type="electronic">The Republic</named-content><named-content content-type="print">Modern Portugal</named-content>
• Absolutism and Reform
• Years of Decline
• Years of Glory<named-content content-type="print"> and Decline</named-content>
• Growth of the State
• Early History<named-content content-type="print"> and the Growth of the State</named-content>
• History
• Government
• Economy
• Land and People
• Bibliography

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