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Portugal
PT / PRT 38.7°, -9.2°
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, while its terrain contains a diverse range of landscapes and regional climates.
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Sells to
Spain 21%, France 11%, Germany 10%
Land borders
1: Spain
Drives on the
right
Calling code
+351
Founded
1143
Hemisphere
Northern
WHAT PEOPLE ARE CALLED
Portuguese
These are English demonyms for people from Portugal. A demonym describes a connection to a place; it does not mean everyone shares an ethnicity, language or religion.
Modern borders are a starting point for exploring the past. These cultures and states occupied some of the same land; they were not the same country. Dates describe each civilization or state as a whole, not continuous rule over every place listed.
Military standard
Roman Empire
27 BCE–476 CE in the West; eastern empire continued to 1453
Includes only parts of some modern states: much of Britain south of Scotland, and areas west of the Rhine or south of the Danube in Germany.
The aquila was a legion's eagle standard, not a national flag. No original legionary eagle is known to survive.
Conflicts this country is attached to. Click one to see the others.
Each says what kind of claim it is: a principal belligerent is
hand-checked against the modern state that succeeded the power that
fought, while a recorded participant comes from the bulk
import, which does not separate combat from funding, basing,
occupation or reconstruction. Neither list is complete, so a country
missing from a war may still have taken part — which is why the
quiz no longer asks who fought in what.
Vasco da GamaSailed to India
Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese mariner, explorer and nobleman. His discovery of the first direct maritime route between Europe and India via the Cape of Good Hope and across the Indian Ocean from Malindi in Kenya to Kozhikode was to open up European...
Henry the NavigatorPatron of the age of discovery
Prince Henry the Navigator, was a Portuguese prince, a central figure in the early days of the Portuguese Empire and often credited as one of the main initiators of the Age of Discovery.
Antonio de Oliveira SalazarDictator, 1932-1968
António de Oliveira Salazar was a Portuguese dictator, academic, and economist who served as the Prime Minister of Portugal from 1932 to 1968.
Fernando PessoaPoet
Fernando António Nogueira de Seabra Pessoa was a Portuguese poet, writer, literary critic, translator, and publisher.
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Member of european union
— Full member states only, as the organisation itself lists them.
The imported member_of list is out of date for this organisation and is not asked about. Source· true as of 2026-09-11 · checked 2026-09-11
Member of nato
— Full member states only, as the organisation itself lists them.
The imported member_of list is out of date for this organisation and is not asked about. Source· true as of 2026-09-11 · checked 2026-09-11
Corrected in an AI-assisted review of the imported data
(2026-09-22), not yet checked against a named source:
climate zone, currencies, founded.