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Portugal

Portugal and England sealed an alliance with the Treaty of Windsor in 1386. It is often called the oldest alliance between two countries still in force.

Where its story happens

Lisbon, at 38.72°N, 9.14°W. It's the place the game marks on the globe once the country is found. See it on a map.

Five things to know about Portugal

In Geodar these are the five clues to this country, and it counts as one of the easy countries. The game asks the hardest clue first. Here the easiest comes first.

  1. Where it is. It's Portugal, on the western edge of Europe, next to Spain. See Portugal on a map.
  2. Its language is spoken by more than 200 million people, most of them in Brazil.
  3. Its sailors were the first Europeans to reach India by sea, in 1498.
  4. About half of the world's cork comes from its oak forests.
  5. One morning in 1755 an earthquake and a tsunami struck its capital, and the fires that followed burned for days.

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