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Portugal Women's National Beach Soccer Team
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portugal borders Spain to its north and east, with which it shares Portugal-Spain border, the longest uninterrupted border in the European Union; to the south and the west is the North Atlantic Ocean; and to the west and southwest lie the Macaronesia, Macaronesian archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira, which are the two Autonomous Regions of Portugal, autonomous regions of Portugal. Lisbon is the Capital city, capital and List of largest cities in Portugal, largest city, followed by Porto, which is the only other Metropolitan areas in Portugal, metropolitan area. The western Iberian Peninsula has been continuously inhabited since Prehistoric Iberia, prehistoric times, with the earliest signs of Human settlement, settlement dating to 5500 BC. Celts, Celtic and List of the Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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"" (; ) is the national anthem of Portugal. It was composed by Alfredo Keil and written by Henrique Lopes de Mendonça during the resurgent Nationalism, nationalist movement ignited by the 1890 British Ultimatum to Portugal concerning its African colonies. Used as the marching song of the failed 31 January 1891 revolt, republican revolt of 31 January 1891, in Porto, it was adopted as the national anthem of the newborn First Portuguese Republic, Portuguese Republic in 1911, replacing "Hino da Carta", the anthem of the deposed Kingdom of Portugal, constitutional monarchy. History On 11 January 1890, the United Kingdom issued 1890 British Ultimatum, an ultimatum demanding that Portugal refrain from colonizing land lying between the Portuguese colonies of Portuguese Angola, Angola, on the west coast of Africa, and Portuguese Mozambique, Mozambique, on the east coast, thereby forming one contiguous polity (as proposed on the Pink Map). Despite a popular uproar, the Portuguese gover ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
