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Following its heyday as a global maritime power during the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal lost much of its wealth and status with the destruction of Lisbon in a 1755 earthquake, occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, and the independence of its wealthiest colony of Brazil in 1822. A 1910 revolution deposed the monarchy; for most of the next six decades, repressive governments ran the country. In 1974, a left-wing military coup installed broad democratic reforms. The following year, Portugal granted independence to all of its African colonies. Portugal is a founding member of NATO and entered the EC (now the EU) in 1986. In January 2011, Portugal assumed a nonpermanent seat on the UN Security Council for the 2011-12 term. |
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Administrative divisions (25,083 GPS Maps)
Aveiro
(1,147)
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Azores
(1,318)
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Beja
(1,472)
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Braga
(1,403)
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Braganca
(1,110)
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Castelo Branco
(1,158)
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Coimbra
(1,616)
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Evora
(809)
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Faro
(1,935)
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Guarda
(813)
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Leiria
(1,478)
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Lisboa
(1,542)
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Madeira
(523)
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Portalegre
(861)
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Porto
(1,401)
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Portugal (general)
(403)
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Santarem
(1,531)
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Setubal
(740)
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Viana do Castelo
(1,359)
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Vila Real
(1,017)
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Viseu
(1,447)
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