Portugal

coldest recorded temp. in portugal

France connects Spain to the rest of Europe, however, Portugal does not border France as it only borders Spain.

There are many religions in Portugal but the most dominate one is Roman Catholic

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1176 but you will need a ferry or boat of some sort and/or aiplane

Acording to official papers, Portugal has 220+ sunny days a year.

(Source: http://www.portugal.gov.pt/Portal/PT/Portugal/Turismo/ )

The capital of Portugal is Lisbon. It is located on the western coast where the Rio Tejo empties into the Atlantic Ocean.

Only 2% of the population is Black.

In Portugal studies about ethnic minorities are made using nationality not skin color or race. Thus if we assume that all immigrants that came from Africa are black then we can say that there are 125.671 black people in Portugal, but its more correct to say that in Portugal there're 125.671 legal African people. (source INE).

Black people are not the biggest minority in Portugal. Brazilians, Ukrainians and Romanians make the biggest minority groups in Portugal.

Area: 88, 940 sq km.

A few in India, Mozambique, Angola, East Timor, Macau (China), Guinea Island, Cabo Verde Islands, St Tomé and Principe, Brazil.

If you are a citizen of a country outside the European Union you will need a passport to visit Portugal and may also need a visa. If you are a citizen of the European Union and live in one of the member countries which are part of continental Europe you will still need a passport or national identity card but this is unlikely to be asked for by the authorities on entry to Portugal if you are travelling by foot, road or rail as internal EU borders except into the United Kingdom are only lightly policed if at all. If you travel by air then airlines will ask for a passport or other identity document before allowing you to board a flight even when travelling within the EU.

The Portuguese were the first to sail directly from Europe to India, while the Spanish were the first to sail directly to the Caribbean.

Portugal has 2 archipelagos, the archipelago of Madeira and of Azores. Madeira is further south and is next to the African Continent, Azores is further west and its the westernmost point of Europe (further west than Iceland which is sometimes mistakenly pointed as the westernmost point of Europe).

he wanted to find a new continent.

The elevation is Sea Level.

Blessing of the Lambs, the Burial of Christ.

Celebrations take place all over Portugal. Thousands of pilgrims travel to Bragg, home of the Portuguese Archbishop, during Holy Week and a series of nocturnal processions take place. Among them are the Maundy Thursday Senhor da Cana Verde (Lord of the Green Cane) and the Good Friday Burial Procession of Our Lord.

There are Easter egg workshops, reading of texts and traditional processions and performances and concerts in Porto, which offers those without religious convictions a chance to join in the activities.

There are Holy Week processions and reenactments. masses and activities for children throughout the country. Bonfires are lit in some areas.

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Of course it would depend on where in Portugal you began your journey. However, using central Portugal as the starting point, it's approximately 1200 kilometers (or 745 miles) to Barcelona, Spain.

The Portuguese was the European group that made voyages of discovery along West Africa.

The first Portuguese athlete to compete in the Olympics was Francisco Lázaro, who took part in the Marathon at the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm.

Sadly, he died after the race as he had smeared his body in oils and grease to, in his opinion, protect from the sun, which prevented the skin from breathing...

Because of Gold and Diamonds found internationally from Africa

There are many holidays in Portugal some are celebrated here in America as well. Some holidays are: * Sao Martinho * Santo Antonio * Sao Domingos * Christmas * Easter * Quarta-feira de Cinzas (ash wednesday) * Terca-feira gorda (fat tuesday) * New Years * Carnival ( Halloween in Febuary) * Dia do Trabalhador (Labor day) * Dia de Camoes (Portugal day) * Assumption * Corpo de Deus (corpus christi) * Immaculate Conception * All Saint's day

Portuguese escudos was the currency before Euros.

They asked the pope(Alexander VI) and he decided that the world( the know world at the time) was to be split by an imaginary line. This line was a little bit west from the eastern tip of Brazil. Portugal got the eastern half of this line and Spain the western half.