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B. Lisbon is the westernmost capital on continental Europe and the only one on the Atlantic coast. More than quarter of Portugal’s 10 million people live in the Lisbon metropolitan area, making it the nation’s largest city.
D. Portugal is bordered by Spain to the north and east, and the nations’ common border is 754 miles long and considered the longest uninterrupted border within the European Union. The modern states of Portugal and Spain evolved from various earlier kingdoms. Except for a 60-year period when the king of Spain ruled both nations, they have remained independent countries with different languages.
B. With a population of nearly 206 million people Brazil has the most Portuguese speakers, while most other South American nations are Spanish speaking. Portuguese was spread around the world during the Age of Discoveries, when Portugal established colonies in Africa, Asia and South America. Besides Brazil, there are far more people speaking Portuguese in Africa than there are in Portugal.
A. Gibraltar at the tip of the peninsula was ceded to Great Britain in 1713 after it was taken from Spain during the War of Spanish Succession. The 2.6-square-mile territory has served as a key British naval base because it controls the eight-mile strait between the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean. Morocco is on the African side of the Strait of Gibraltar.