Political Features
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Andorra
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Capital and largest City of the Country
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19,383
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Andorra La Vella
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Gibraltar
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Portugal
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The global capital of the Country
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552,700
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Lisbon
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Global city with a successful football club and second largest in the country
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237,591
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Porto
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Famously holds many wine cellars known as "caves"
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186,502
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Vila Nova de Gaia
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Most densely populated municipality in the country
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175,136
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Amadora
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Third largest metropolitan with a rapidly growing computer industry
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136,885
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Braga
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Has the oldest university in the Lusophone world, center of the renaissance in the country
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105,842
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Coimbra
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The opposite large city from the capital
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101,500
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Almada
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The center of the countries fishing industry
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98,131
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Setúbal
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Birthplace of Pedro Cabral, and a famous city under siege during Reconquista
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61,572
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Santarém
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Canal and Important port city on the Atlantic Ocean
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60,058
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Aveiro
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Birthplace of Vasco Fernandes and (most likely) the first King of the Country
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57,975
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Viseu
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John I built a spectacular castle here
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50,533
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Leiria
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Often called the "Cradle City" or birthplace of the country
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47,588
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Guimarães
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Leading commercial hub and largest city of the Algarve Region
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47,575
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Faro
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Resort city that gains up to 300,000 people on holidays
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19,879
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Albufeira
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Home of Henry the Navigator and historic city of the Age of Discovery
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18,474
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Lagos
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Spain
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The largest, most important city in Southern Europe
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3,266,126
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Madrid
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Beta Global City, and third largest in the country
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794,288
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Valencia
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Casa de Contratación
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688,592
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Seville
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Celebrates the Fiestas del Pilar
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674,997
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Zaragoza
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Owned by Phoenicians, Romans, Moorish and Spanish throughout it's history
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574,654
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Málaga
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Europe's Orchard
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453,258
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Murcia
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Largest city in the Basque County
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346,843
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Bilbao
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Site of a controversial development plan for an industrial estate
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334,887
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Alicante
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Important Moorish city and one of the largest in Europe at one point
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325,701
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Cordoba
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Huge wine growing city and brief capital under Philip the III
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298,412
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Valladolid
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Old industrial city with steel and naval industries
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271,780
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Gijón
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Host of many festivals and turning point of the Peninsular War
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251,774
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Vitoria-Gasteiz
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Greatest city & kingdom owned by the Moors
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232,462
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Grenada
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Home to a large naval port and naval shipyard
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214,802
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Cartagena
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Running of the Bulls
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201,653
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Pamplona
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Port city, and HQ of the Banco Santander
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172,000
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Santander
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University city that attracts thousands of international students for the teaching of the Spanish language
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114,228
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Salamanca
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World capital of Olive Oil
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112,999
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Jaén
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The "Imperial City"
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84,873
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Toledo
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Basque town bombed by Nazi's, inspiring Pablo Picasso to make a painting
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16,972
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Guernica
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Hosts the La Tomatina
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9,517
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Buñol
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Catalonia
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Host of 1992 Olympics
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1,636,762
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Barcelona
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Major coastal city with many old Roman Structures
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220,556
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Tarragona
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Galicia
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Largest city in the region
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295,364
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Vigo
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Tower of Hercules
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245,711
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A Coruña
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Physical Features
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Rivers
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Tagus River
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Ebro River
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Douro River
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Guadiana River
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Guadalquivir River
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Mondego River
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Mountain Peaks
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Mulhacén
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Aneto
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Torre
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Mountain Ranges
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Pyrenees
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Sierra Nevada
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Cantabrian
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Serra de Estrela
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Bodies of Water
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Balearic Sea
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Bay of Biscay
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Gulf of Cadiz
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