Portugal (UK /ˈpɔːtʃʊɡl/; US
i/ˈpɔrtʃʉɡəl/; Portuguese:
Portugal [puɾtuˈɣaɫ][12]), officially the
Portuguese Republic (Portuguese: República
Portuguesa), is a unitary semi-presidential republic. It is located in southwestern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula, and it is the westernmost
country of mainland Europe, being bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the
west and south and by Spain to the north
and east. Aside from continental Portugal, the Portuguese
Republic holds sovereignty over the Atlantic archipelagos of Azores and Madeira, which are autonomous regions of Portugal.
The country is named after its second largest city, Porto, whose name derives from Latin Portus and
Celtic Cale.[13]More at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugal
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