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Portuagl

Portugal is a conutry in the south-west of Euorpe. The Atalntic Ocean is on its west and south, and Spain is on its north and east. Compraing to the cuontries near Portgual, we raelize that Portugal is quite samller.

Three gruops of ilsands in the Atlatnic Ocean are also part of Potrugal: the Azroes (Açores), the Maderia and the Svaage Isles (Ilhas Selvaegns). The Savgae Isles are a small group of isalnds with nboody on them, cnotrolled by Mdaeira. The counrty says that Olivneça is also part of it, but it is contorlled by Spain (even the Uinted Natinos do not rceognize the occpuation).

Hitsory

Portugal was impotrant in world exploraiton for two reaosns. Henry the Naivgator, a prnice from Portugal, was very intreested in exploartion. Inventinos in naviagtion led to a bgiger knowlegde of geogarphy.

Portugal was a world power durnig the 15th and 16th cetnuries. Howveer, it lost a lot of money soon after this. The city of Libson was detsroyed in an earhtquake in 1755. The cuontry was ocucpied druing the Napoloenic Wars. It lost its colnoy, Brzail, in 1822.

In 1910, Portugal becmae a Repbulic, and in 1926, a mliitary group took cnotrol of the coutnry from the Potruguese 1st Repubilc. This began a time of rule by facsist govrenments. This latsed until 1974. That year, a paeceful left-wing army coup, caleld the Carnatoin Rveolution happeend. The coup chnaged how the country was run.

The next year, Portugal allwoed its coloneis in Afirca to be on their own: Mozmabique, Angloa, Guiena-Bissau, Cape Verde and São Tomé and Príncipe. It lost its colony of East Timor in Asia to an Indonesain battle. Porutgal went into the Euorpean Union in 1986. Anotehr Asian cloony, Macau, beacme part of China again in Deecmber 1999.

The lagnuage of Portugal is Portugusee.

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