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Europe

Portugal
Last reviewed: 17 August 2009

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GEOGRAPHY

South-western Europe, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Spain. Maritime temperate - cool and rainy in north, warmer and drier in south. The archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira are also autonomous regions of Portugal with their own micro-climates.

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