"put to the test in 1762 when Spain invaded aided by France, during the Seven Years' War. Britain invoked its alliance with Portugal and sent troops. Several months later, the conflict was settled with comparatively little fighting. In 1777, Spain and Portugal signed the Treaty of San Ildefonso, which mainly resolved a number of border disputes between their South American colonies. During the Age of Enlightenment, Portugal was considered one of Europe's unenlightened backwaters; it was a country of three million with 200,000 people in 538 monasteries in 1750. Melo seems to have been deeply embarrassed by Portugal's much lamented"
"by Portugal; on the south, it is bordered by Gibraltar (a British overseas territory) and Morocco, through its exclaves in North Africa (Ceuta and Melilla, and the peninsula of Vélez de la Gomera). On the northeast, along the Pyrenees mountain range, it is bordered by France and the Principality of Andorra. Along the Pyrenees in Girona, a small exclave town called Llívia is surrounded by France. Extending to , the Portugal–Spain border is the longest uninterrupted border within the European Union. Spain also includes the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea, the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean and a"
"Portugal Portugal (), officially the Portuguese Republic ( ), is a country located mostly on the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe. It is the westernmost sovereign state of mainland Europe. It is bordered to the west and south by the Atlantic Ocean and to the north and east by Spain. Its territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira, both autonomous regions with their own regional governments. Portugal is the oldest state on the Iberian Peninsula and one of the oldest in Europe, its territory having been continuously settled, invaded and fought over since prehistoric times. The"
"through the European Financial Stability Mechanism (EFSM) and the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF), a loan to help the country stabilise its finances. The territory of Portugal includes an area in the Iberian Peninsula (referred to as ""the continent"" by most Portuguese) and two archipelagos in the Atlantic Ocean: the archipelagos of Madeira and the Azores. It lies between latitudes 32° and 43° N, and longitudes 32° and 6° W. Mainland Portugal is split by its main river, the Tagus, that flows from Spain and disgorges in Tagus Estuary, in Lisbon, before escaping into the Atlantic. The northern landscape is"
"awards by the World Golf Awards. Portugal Portugal (), officially the Portuguese Republic ( ), is a country located mostly on the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe. It is the westernmost sovereign state of mainland Europe. It is bordered to the west and south by the Atlantic Ocean and to the north and east by Spain. Its territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira, both autonomous regions with their own regional governments. Portugal is the oldest state on the Iberian Peninsula and one of the oldest in Europe, its territory having been continuously settled, invaded and"
"within the Baltic Sea. Portugal has the 20th largest EEZ in the world. Presently, it is divided in three non-contiguous sub-zones: Portugal submitted a claim to extend its jurisdiction over additional 2.15 million square kilometers of the neighboring continental shelf in May 2009, resulting in an area with a total of more than 3,877,408 km. The submission, as well as a detailed map, can be found in the Task Group for the extension of the Continental Shelf website. Spain disputes the EEZ's southern border, maintaining that it should be drawn halfway between Madeira and the Canary Islands. But Portugal exercises"
"Ban Terrain: mountainous and hilly north of the Tagus River, rolling plains in south Elevation extremes: <br>""lowest point:"" Atlantic Ocean 0 m <br>""highest point:"" Ponta do Pico (Pico or Pico Alto) on Ilha do Pico in the Azores 2,351 m Natural resources: fish, forests (cork), tungsten, iron ore, uranium ore, marble, arable land, hydroelectric power Land use: <br>""arable land:"" 26% <br>""permanent crops:"" 9% <br>""permanent pastures:"" 9% <br>""forests and woodland:"" 36% <br>""other:"" 20% (1993 est.) Irrigated land: 6,300 km (1993 est.) Geography of Portugal Portugal is a coastal nation in southwestern Europe, located at the western end of the Iberian Peninsula,"
"Borders of Spain Spain has 1953 kilometers of borders, with 5 different countries. The Spain-Portugal border, commonly known as ""La Raya"", is 1292 kilometers long. It extends through the provinces of Pontevedra, Ourense, Zamora, Salamanca, Cáceres, Badajoz and Huelva in Spain, and the districts of Viana do Castelo, Braga, Vila Real, Bragança, Guarda, Castelo Branco, Portalegre, Évora, Beja, Faro in Portugal. The border starts in the mouth of Minho River, and ends in the mouth of Guadiana River. The Spain-France border is 656.3 km long. It is divided in two parts, since it is interrupted by Andorra. The first part"
"Portugal-Spain border. Finally it joins the Guadiana River southwest of the city of Badajoz. Caia (river) The Caia is a river in the Iberian Peninsula, a tributary to the Guadiana. It is one of the main water courses in the Portalegre District, Portugal. Portugal does not recognise the border between the Caia and Ribeira de Cuncos River deltas, since the beginning of the 1801 occupation of Olivenza by Spain. This territory, though under ""de facto"" Spanish occupation, remains a ""de jure"" part of Portugal, consequently no border is henceforth recognised in this area. It has its sources in the Serra"
"Equality Statute between Brazil and Portugal Equality Statute between Brazil and Portugal (or Estatuto da Igualdade entre Brasil e Portugal, in Portuguese) is an agreement signed between Brazil and Portugal in Porto Seguro on April 21, 2000, at the time of the celebration of the 500th anniversary of the discovery of Brazil. The Statute guarantees that between the two countries the two nationalities have equivalence of rights. That is, a Brazilian can travel to Portugal without a visa (and vice versa), and a Portuguese can offer a public contest (and pursue a political career) in Brazil (and vice versa). The"
"Terra de Miranda Terra de Miranda (""Tierra de Miranda"" in Mirandese,""Terras de Miranda"" in Portuguese, the historical name of a 500 km² mesa in northeastern Portugal, lying on the border of Spain. It used to be an administrative division, and although it does not correspond to a modern-day region's borders, there are some cultural characteristics particular to Terra de Miranda that keep the name in use to the present day. It has been a border region between different administrative areas of the Roman Empire, the kingdoms of the Visigoths and the Suevi, the Arabs and the Christians. Although the etymology"
"relations with Zapatero among international political relationships. In 1998, both countries signed the Albufeira Convention, an agreement on the sharing of trans-boundary rivers such as the Douro, Tagus and Guadiana. The convention superseded an original agreement on the Douro, signed in 1927, that was expanded in 1964 and 1968 to include tributaries. The Albufeira Convention governs the equitable use of water and environmental concerns. In 2009, the two countries submitted an unsuccessful joint bid to either host the 2018 or the 2022 FIFA World Cup. There is an unsettled territorial dispute on the Portugal-Spain border regarding the municipality of Olivenza"
"Malta–Portugal relations Malta–Portugal relations are foreign relations between Malta and Portugal. Malta has an embassy in Lisbon and 4 honorary consulates (in Algarve, Azores, Lisbon and Porto). Portugal has an embassy and an honorary consulate in Valletta. Both countries are full members of the European Union and of the Union for the Mediterranean. Eddie Fenech Adami, visited Portugal between November 11, 2008 and November 11, 2008. President Adamia made a two-day state visit to Portugal in June 2009. During his visit he held talks with his Portuguese counterpart Aníbal Cavaco Silva, the Prime Minister José Sócrates, and the President of"
"European route E01 in Portugal The European route E01 in Portugal is a series of roads, part of the International E-road network running on a north south axis on the west coast. It starts at the Spanish border in the north at Valença going almost perfectly south passing by several major Portuguese cities like Porto and Lisbon until the border with Spain again at Castro Marim. The route starts at the border town of Valença at the Minho river coming from the Spanish city of Vigo in the Norte Region. It follows Portuguese highway A3 by Braga to the second"
"be used by all the countries that have Portuguese as their official language. Since 21 April 2000, Brazilian citizens can travel to Portugal (and vice versa) without a visa, on account of the ""Status of Equality"" treaty that was signed between the two states. Brazil–Portugal relations Brazil–Portugal relations have spanned over four centuries, beginning in 1532 with the establishment of São Vicente, the first Portuguese permanent settlement in the Americas, up to the present day. Relations between the two are intrinsically tied because of the Portuguese Empire. They continue to be bound by a common language and ancestral lines in"
"relationship between the two countries, such as the condolences he gave then-President Jorge Sampaio when Francisco da Costa Gomes died, and the congratulations he extended to President Cavaco Silva after he won the Portuguese elections. In 2017, Portugal cut its diplomatic ties with North Korea. Portugal has confirmed it severed diplomatic ties with North Korea amid heightened international efforts to have the North halt its nuclear and missile provocations North Korea–Portugal relations Portuguese–North Korean relations are foreign relations between Portugal and North Korea. Portugal established diplomatic relations with North Korea in February 1975. The former Portuguese colony of Macau in"
"Larouco, all on the border of Ourense and Portugal. Geography of Galicia The geography of Galicia (Spain) is characterized by the contrast between the low altitude coastal relief and, further inland, by the higher altitude of the Galician Massif which itself offers contrasts between the morphology of the high northern plains and the southern mountains and valleys. The territory of Galicia is between 43°47′ N (Estaca de Bares) and 41°49′ N (Portela do Home, border with Portugal) in latitude. In longitude, the territory lies between The Galician coast has 1,500 km and has many incoming and outgoing and small islands,"
"Rif Mountains are located in the north of the country. Both ranges are mainly inhabited by the Berber people. At , Morocco is the fifty-seventh largest country in the world. Algeria borders Morocco to the east and southeast, though the border between the two countries has been closed since 1994. Spanish territory in Northwest Africa neighbouring Morocco comprises five enclaves on the Mediterranean coast: Ceuta, Melilla, Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera, Peñón de Alhucemas, the Chafarinas islands, and the disputed islet Perejil. Off the Atlantic coast the Canary Islands belong to Spain, whereas Madeira to the north is Portuguese."
"The Western Coast of Iberia, which composes the land of Galicia and Portugal, was a converging point of migratory movements in the past and during the Portuguese Discoveries. As a result, the Portuguese were introduced to new cultures and ethnicities. With the end of the Indigenous Statute in the early 1960s, indigenous people of Portuguese colonies were granted Portuguese citizenship as the end of Portuguese colonialism was marked with the hand over of Macau to the People's Republic of China in 1999, after 500 years of Portuguese administration. Regarding this, it is comprehensible that any relationship between citizenship and anthropometrical"
"just south of Angola. Three European nations, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Slovakia, were admitted as observers along with Uruguay at the 2016 summit. Uruguay has historical ties to neighbouring Brazil and has some speakers of Portunol, a Spanish-Portuguese mixture. In January 2018 and prior to the 2018 summit, Italy requested the observer status as effort for the consolidation of bilateral relations with all of the Portuguese-speaking countries. In its request, the Italian government referred that due to the increasing number of associated observers in the community, CPLP is becoming a forum for countries in various geographical regions. Earlier in"
"Exclusive economic zone of Portugal Portugal has 5th the largest exclusive economic zone (EEZ) within Europe, 4th largest of the EU and the 20th largest EEZ in the world, at 1,727,408 km. Portugal submitted a claim to extend its jurisdiction over additional 2.15 million square kilometers of the neighboring continental shelf in May 2009., resulting in a marine territory of more than 3,877,408 km. Spain disputes the EEZ's southern border, maintaining that it should be drawn halfway between Madeira and the Canary Islands. Portugal exercises sovereignty over the Savage Islands, a small archipelago north of the Canaries, hence claiming an"
"half of 2017. The Portuguese Millennium Bank operated in Romania between October 2007 and November 2015. Portugal–Romania relations Portuguese-Romanian relations are foreign relations between Portugal and Romania. Both countries established diplomatic relations in 1917, Portugal recognizing the independence of Romania since 1880. Portugal has an embassy in Bucharest. Romania has an embassy in Lisbon and two honorary consulates (in Estoril, and Porto). Both countries are full members of NATO and of the European Union. There are 30,750 people of Romanian descent living in Portugal. In October 2013, Romania had signed a contract to acquire 12 Lockheed Martin F-16 AM/BM fighters"
"Castro Marim. The E01 is one of the most important highways in Portugal as it connects several major cities north to south. The E01 covers a total distance of 748 km (465 mi) within Portugal. https://ec.europa.eu/transport/themes/infrastructure/ Google Maps European route E01 in Portugal The European route E01 in Portugal is a series of roads, part of the International E-road network running on a north south axis on the west coast. It starts at the Spanish border in the north at Valença going almost perfectly south passing by several major Portuguese cities like Porto and Lisbon until the border with Spain"
"Continental Portugal Continental Portugal () or mainland Portugal are terms used for the bulk of the Portuguese Republic, namely that part on the Iberian Peninsula and so in Continental Europe; having approximately 95% of the total population and 96.6% of the country's land. Mainland Portugal is therefore commonly called by residents of the archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira "" – the continent"" in all respects including minor elements of combined governance from Lisbon, the country's capital. Before 1975, when the Portuguese territory also stretched to several now-independent states in Africa, the designation ""metropolis"" () was also used. The designation"
"both of them offering groceries. Veiga do Seixo Veiga do Seixo is a village in the municipality of Riós, in the province of Ourense, Galicia, north-western Spain. Because it is linked to Portugal by a bridge over the river Mente, the place was traditionally used for illegal trade and smuggling. Veiga do Seixo belongs to the parish church of Castrelo de Cima with the villages of Covelas, As Lapedas (already disappeared), O Mourisco and San Payo. The village is on the border with Portugal (Cisterna). The village and the surrounding area of Riós has a pronounced Mountain-Mediterranean climate with cold"
"Portugal–Romania relations Portuguese-Romanian relations are foreign relations between Portugal and Romania. Both countries established diplomatic relations in 1917, Portugal recognizing the independence of Romania since 1880. Portugal has an embassy in Bucharest. Romania has an embassy in Lisbon and two honorary consulates (in Estoril, and Porto). Both countries are full members of NATO and of the European Union. There are 30,750 people of Romanian descent living in Portugal. In October 2013, Romania had signed a contract to acquire 12 Lockheed Martin F-16 AM/BM fighters from Portugal. They entered service in the Romanian Air Force between October 2016 and the second"
"and occupation. On 26 March 1995, Portugal started to implement Schengen Area rules, eliminating border controls with other Schengen members while simultaneously strengthening border controls with non-member states. In 1996 the country was a co-founder of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP) headquartered in Lisbon. Expo '98 took place in Portugal and in 1999 it was one of the founding countries of the euro and the eurozone. On 5 July 2004, José Manuel Barroso, then Prime Minister of Portugal, was nominated President of the European Commission, the most powerful office in the European Union. On 1 December 2009, the"
"Treaty of El Pardo (1778) The Treaty of El Pardo signed on 11 March 1778 finalised colonial borders between Spain and Portugal in the Río de la Plata region of South America. Spain also acquired Portuguese territories in Africa, today known as the independent state of Equatorial Guinea. For nearly 300 years, differing interpretations of the Treaty of Tordesillas led to border disputes between Spain and Portugal over the Río de la Plata region. Portuguese encroachments in the Río de la Plata allowed their merchants to evade commercial restrictions imposed by Spain on the importation of goods into Spanish South"
"and north. It occupies the westernmost portion of the Iberian Peninsula and is about the size of the American state of Indiana. The country is a place of topographical contrasts, making defense difficult. The areas around Porto in the north are covered in green hills, with fertile river valleys and a rocky coast. The green mountains are less fertile as they spread to the east and become mountainous towards the south to the Beiras. Along the coastal Beiras, the topography becomes hillier with pine forests and a sandy coast. The capitol Lisbon in the central region and its surrounding area"
"Guadiana International Bridge The Guadiana International Bridge (; ) is a bridge that crosses the Guadiana River connecting southern Spain (town of Ayamonte) and Portugal (town of Castro Marim). It is the southernmost land crossing on the Portugal–Spain border. It is not split evenly between the two countries, a greater share of it situated in Portugal. Completed in 1991, its structural type is a cable-stayed bridge, with a deck of prestressed concrete. The bridge was designed by the Portuguese Structural Engineer Professor José Luis Câncio Martins on behalf of Huarte S.A. (now Obrascón Huarte Lain) and Teixeira Duarte. The bridge"
"Albania–Portugal relations Albania—Portugal relations refer to the current and historical relations of Albania and Portugal. Albania has an embassy in Lisbon and 3 honorary consulates in Porto, Funchal and in the island of Madeira. Portugal has a honorary consulate in Tirana. The history of diplomatic relations of Albania and Portugal dates back to 1922, when Portugal recognized Albania's independence in May 25, 1922. The countries are both members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). As a European Union (EU) member, Portugal supports Albania in its euro-integration path. In 2010, the bilateral ""Chamber of Commerce and Industry Cusmara de Comércio"
"divisions of Portugal: NTUS for details). While in modern Portugal the difference between European continental and total territory is minor (in terms of area), it mattered during the existence of the Portuguese Empire, when the distinction was more frequently made, such as in the colonisation of Brazil. Continental Portugal has an area of or 96.6% of the Portuguese national territory () and 10,047,083 inhabitants (or 95.1% of the total population of 10,561,614). Continental Portugal Continental Portugal () or mainland Portugal are terms used for the bulk of the Portuguese Republic, namely that part on the Iberian Peninsula and so in"
"Denmark–Portugal relations Denmark–Portugal relations refers to the current and historical relations between Denmark and Portugal. Denmark has an embassy in Lisbon. Portugal has an embassy in Copenhagen. Both countries are members of the European Union and NATO. In 1984, Queen Margrethe II visited Portugal. In 2008, Danish exports to Portugal amounted 2,5 billion DKK, and Portuguese exports to Denmark amounted 2,3 billion DKK. In 1701 to 1714, Denmark and Portugal fought against each other in the War of the Spanish Succession. In the Napoleonic Wars, Denmark joined France in the war against the United Kingdom, Austria, Spain and Portugal. On"