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<text>
<title>
Portugal: Geography
</title>
<article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Portugal
Geography</hdr><body>
<p>Location: Southern Europe, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean
west of Spain
</p>
<list>
<l>Area:</l>
<l> total area: 92,080 km2</l>
<l> land area: 91,640 km2</l>
<l> comparative area: slightly smaller than Indiana</l>
</list>
<p>note: includes Azores and Madeira Islands
</p>
<p>Land boundaries: total 1,214 km, Spain 1,214 km
</p>
<p>Coastline: 1,793 km
</p>
<list>
<l>Maritime claims:</l>
<l> continental shelf: 200 m depth or to depth of
exploitation</l>
<l> exclusive economic zone: 200 nm</l>
<l> territorial sea: 12 nm</l>
</list>
<p>International disputes: sovereignty over Timor Timur (East
Timor Province) disputed with Indonesia
</p>
<p>Climate: maritime temperate; cool and rainy in north, warmer
and drier in south
</p>
<p>Terrain: mountainous north of the Tagus, rolling plains in
south
</p>
<p>Natural resources: fish, forests (cork), tungsten, iron ore,
uranium ore, marble
</p>
<list>
<l>Land use:</l>
<l> arable land: 32%</l>
<l> permanent crops: 6%</l>
<l> meadows and pastures: 6%</l>
<l> forest and woodland: 40%</l>
<l> other: 16%</l>
</list>
<p>Irrigated land: 6,340 km2 (1989 est.)
</p>
<p>Environment: Azores subject to severe earthquakes
</p>
<p>Note: Azores and Madeira Islands occupy strategic locations
along western sea approaches to Strait of Gibraltar
</p></body></article></text>