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Portugal (Portuguese: [puÉ¾tuËÉ£aÉ«]), officially the Portuguese Republic (Portuguese: RepÃºblica Portuguesa), is a country on the Iberian Peninsula, in Southwestern Europe. It is the westernmost country of mainland Europe. To the west and south it is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean and to the east and north by Spain.
By the beginning of the 19th century, Portugal controlled outposts at six locations in Africa. One was the Cape Verde Islands, located about 700 miles due west of Dakar, Senegal. To the east, the Portuguese controlled the islands of Sao TomÃ© & Principe, located south of the mouth of the Niger River.