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1. n1) сила, мощь2) действенность; действие, воздействие (соглашения, закона и т.п.)3) применение силы, насилие, принуждение4) pl войска, вооруженные силы; вооружения5) группа6) сила (производительная, политическая и т.п.); фактор7) численность8) (the Force) полиция (особ. Великобритании)•to be in force — иметь (юридическую) силу; оставаться в силе
to beef up one's military forces — укреплять свои вооруженные силы
to build up military forces — наращивать военную мощь; сосредоточивать войска
to clear rebel forces from somewhere — очищать какой-л. район от войск мятежников
to continue in force — оставаться в силе; действовать (о законе и т.п.)
to disband / to dismantle forces — демобилизовывать / распускать войска
to encourage all progressive forces (to) — поощрять / поддерживать все прогрессивные силы
to enter a city in force — брать город приступом; вводить в город крупные воинские формирования
to have no force — быть недействительным; не иметь силы
to improve one's defense forces — совершенствовать свои силы самообороны
to join forces — объединяться; объединять силы
to join forces with smb — объединять силы с кем-л.
to maintain the balance of forces — поддерживать равновесие / соотношение сил
to modernize one's forces — модернизировать свои вооруженные силы
to put in force — осуществлять, проводить в жизнь; вводить в действие
to put the armed forces on full alert — приводить вооруженные силы в состояние полной боевой готовности
to reduce conventional forces in / throughout Europe — сокращать количество войск и обычных вооружений в Европе
to remain in force — оставаться в силе, действовать (о законе и т.п.)
to reshape one's armed forces — реорганизовывать свои вооруженные силы
to resort to force — прибегать к силе / насилию
to rule a country by sheer force — управлять страной, опираясь исключительно на силу
to seek negotiated reductions in conventional forces — добиваться сокращения обычных вооружений путем переговоров
to suppress smth by brute force — подавлять что-л. грубой силой
to take recourse to force — прибегать к силе / насилию
to use force against smb — использовать силу против кого-л.
- accelerated development of productive forcesto withdraw forces from... — выводить войска из...
- active forces
- activities of forces
- actual force
- advance force
- aggressive forces
- aggressor forces
- air forces
- alignment of forces
- alliance of the forces
- allied forces
- allocation of forces
- anti-aircraft forces
- anti-colonialist forces
- anti-fascist forces
- anti-government forces
- anti-kidnap force
- anti-monopoly forces
- anti-national forces
- anti-popular forces
- anti-war forces
- armed forces of a country
- armed forces
- assault force
- Atlantic Nuclear Force - binding force
- bomber forces
- border forces
- border-security forces
- brutal force
- build-up forces
- build-up of forces
- by force
- by sheer force
- carrier striking force
- Central American task force
- character of the armed forces
- coalition forces
- combatant forces
- combined forces
- Commonwealth Military Force
- competing forces
- competition forces
- compulsory force
- conditions of entry into force
- conservative forces
- consistent force
- consolidation of all forces
- contributor to the multinational force
- Conventional Force in Europe
- conventional forces
- correlation of forces
- crack forces
- cross-border force
- crude force
- deep cuts in conventional forces
- defense forces
- democratic forces
- determining force in social development
- deterrent force
- directing force
- display of force
- disquiet in the armed forces
- division of political forces
- dominant force
- economic force
- effective forces
- elemental forces of nature
- enforcement forces - extraction force
- follow-on force
- force is not the answer
- force of a clause
- force of a treaty
- force of an agreement
- force of argument
- force of arms
- force of example
- force of law
- force of occupation
- force of public opinion
- force of weaponry
- force to be reckoned with
- forces in the field
- forces of aggression and war
- forces of flexible response
- forces of internal and external reaction
- forward-based forces
- free play of democratic forces
- full force of the treaty
- general purpose forces
- ground forces
- guiding force
- hired labor force
- IFOR
- in force
- in full force
- independent force
- inequitable relationship of forces
- influential force
- intermediate range forces
- international balance of forces
- international peace-keeping forces
- internationalist forces
- interplay of political forces
- interposing force
- invasion forces
- irregular forces
- joint NATO armed forces
- labor force
- land forces
- landing force
- lawful use of force
- leading force in smth
- leading force
- left-wing forces
- legal force
- liberation forces
- local forces
- logistical forces
- main force
- major force
- mandatory force
- manifestation of force
- material force
- member of a peace-keeping force
- military force
- monetary forces
- motive force
- moving force
- multilateral forces
- mutinous forces
- mutual non-use of military force
- national forces
- national liberation forces
- national political forces
- natural forces
- nature of forces
- naval forces
- noneconomic forces
- non-use of force
- nuclear forces
- nuclear strike force
- obligatory force of international treaties
- observer force
- occupation force
- occupying force
- of legal force
- on entry into force
- operation of market forces
- operational forces
- opposing forces
- organizing force
- pan-Arab force
- paramilitary forces
- patriotic forces
- peace forces
- Peace Implementation Force
- peace-keeping forces
- peace-safeguarding forces
- people's armed forces of liberation
- phased withdrawal of the forces
- police force
- policy of force
- political force
- posture of forces
- potent force
- powerful force
- professionally led force
- progressive forces
- pro-independence forces
- proportions of forces
- punitive forces
- quick-reaction force
- Rapid Deployment Force
- Rapid Reaction Force
- rapid-action force
- RDF
- rebel forces
- recourse to force
- reduction in the armed forces
- regional security forces
- regrouping of forces
- relationship of forces
- reserve force
- reserve of the forces
- resistance forces
- resort to force
- retaliatory forces
- revanchist forces
- revolutionary forces
- rightist forces
- right-wing forces
- rough parity of forces
- ruling forces
- sea forces
- sea-based strategic missile forces
- second-strike force
- security forces
- self-defense forces
- SFOR
- shifts in the alignment of forces - social and political forces
- social forces
- socio-political forces
- special forces
- spontaneous force
- Stabilization Force
- strategic air forces
- strategic forces
- Strategic Rocket Force
- strength of the armed forces
- strike force
- striking force
- suppression by force
- task force
- territorial force
- theater nuclear forces
- third force- TNF- ultra-right forces
- UN buffer force
- UN Emergency Force
- UN observer force
- unification of forces
- unification of the armed force under a single command
- unified forces
- unilateral cuts in smb's forces
- United Nation Protection Force
- United Nations forces
- United Nations peace-keeping forces
- unity of forces
- UNPROFOR
- use of military forces
- use of preemptive force
- vital force
- voluntary military forces
- weakening of forces
- with political forces splintering
- withdrawal of forces
- without resort to force
- work force
- world market forces 2. vзаставлять, принуждать, вынуждать -
42 treaty
n( on smth) договор (о чем-л.)to abandon a treaty — отказываться от договора, денонсировать договор
to abolish / to abrogate a treaty — аннулировать / отменять договор
to adhere to (terms of) a treaty — придерживаться условий / соблюдать условия договора
to annul a treaty — аннулировать / отменять договор
to become a party to / to join a treaty — присоединяться к договору
to breach / to break treaty — нарушать договор
to break off a treaty — денонсировать / расторгать договор
to cancel a treaty — аннулировать / отменять договор
to conflict with / to contravene a treaty — противоречить договору
to denounce a treaty — денонсировать / расторгать договор
to draft / to draw up a treaty — разрабатывать проект договора
to end a treaty — денонсировать / расторгать договор
to extend (the validity of) a treaty — продлевать срок действия договора, пролонгировать договор
to give the President the Senate's counsel and consent to ratify the treaty — давать президенту совет и согласие Сената на ратификацию договора
to implement a treaty — выполнять договор / условия договора
to impose a treaty (on / upon smb) — навязывать договор (кому-л.)
to legally write smth into a treaty — официально вносить что-л. в договор
to observe the terms / provisions of a treaty — выполнять положения договора
to offer to sign a nonaggression treaty with a country — предлагать подписать договор о ненападении с какой-л. страной
to pass a treaty — утверждать / одобрять договор ( о законодательном органе)
to present one's draft treaty — представлять свой проект договора
to prolong (the validity of) a treaty — продлевать срок действия договора, пролонгировать договор
to ram a treaty down smb's throat — навязывать договор кому-л.
to renounce a treaty — денонсировать / расторгать договор
to revoke a treaty — аннулировать / отменять договор
to rush headlong to a treaty — необдуманно / безрассудно заключать договор
to sign a treaty in smb's name — подписывать договор от имени кого-л.
to sign a peace treaty — подписывать мирный договор / мир
- abortive treatyto withdraw from a treaty — денонсировать договор, выходить из договора
- abrogation of a treaty - Antarctic treaty
- antiballistic missile treaty - arms-control treaty
- article of a treaty
- basic treaty
- bilateral treaty - boundary treaty
- broad interpretation of a treaty
- by virtue of a treaty
- cancellation of a treaty
- CFCE
- circumvention of a treaty
- clause of a treaty
- closed treaty
- collapse of a treaty
- collusive treaty
- commercial treaty
- compliance with a treaty
- comprehensive arms control treaty
- Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
- comprehensive treaty
- conclusion of a treaty
- consular treaty
- contravention of a treaty
- Conventional Force in Central Europe treaty
- Conventional Force in Europe treaty
- conventional force treaty
- cooperation treaty
- crucial foreign treaty
- CTBT
- delay over the ratification of a treaty
- demarcation treaty - draft treaty
- duration of treaty
- enslaving treaty
- entry of the treaty into force
- equal treaty
- equitable treaty
- European security treaty
- exploitative treaty
- expulsion from a treaty
- extension of a treaty
- extradition treaty
- fettering treaty
- founder of a treaty
- friendship and brotherhood treaty
- friendship and cooperation treaty
- full member of a treaty
- guarantor of a treaty
- implementation of the treaty
- in accordance with a treaty
- in compliance with a treaty
- in the shape of a treaty
- inequitable treaty
- INF treaty
- integral part of a treaty
- inter-American treaties
- interim treaty
- intermediate-range nuclear-forces treaty
- international treaty
- interpretation of a treaty
- interstate treaties
- invalid treaty
- landmine ban treaty
- lawmaking treaty
- leak-proof treaty
- limited test ban treaty
- long-term treaty
- missile treaty
- modified draft treaty
- much delayed treaty
- multilateral treaty
- neutrality treaty
- nonaggression treaty
- nonproliferation treaty
- normalization treaty
- NPT
- nuclear nonproliferation treaty
- nuclear test ban treaty
- nuclear weapons not covered by the treaty
- nuclear-free zone treaty
- objectives and principles of the treaty
- observance of a treaty
- open treaty
- Pacific security treaty
- partial test ban treaty - permanent treaty
- phased treaty
- plunderous treaty
- preliminary treaty
- prolongation of a treaty
- provision of a treaty
- publication of a treaty
- ratification of a treaty is now in jeopardy
- ratification of a treaty
- reciprocal treaty
- regional treaty
- renunciation of a treaty
- restricted treaty
- revision of a treaty
- right to withdraw from a treaty
- secret treaty
- security treaty
- separate peace treaty
- separate treaty
- signatories to a treaty
- signatory of a treaty
- signatory to a treaty
- signing of a treaty
- state treaty
- still-extant treaty
- Strategic Arms Reduction treaty
- ten-year treaty - text of a treaty
- the Moscow Test Ban Treaty
- threshold testing ban treaty
- threshold treaty
- trade treaty
- treaty banning nuclear weapon tests in the atmosphere, in outer space and under water
- treaty broke down
- treaty comes into effect
- treaty comes into force
- treaty comes into operation
- treaty does not cover underground tests
- treaty envisages smth
- treaty establishing normal relations
- treaty excluding the use of force
- treaty for good-neighborly relations
- treaty goes to... for endorsement
- treaty governing the canal
- treaty has been warmly welcomed
- treaty in force
- treaty is due to expire in 2010
- treaty is feasible
- treaty is moribund
- treaty is still at the heart of the disagreement
- treaty is subject to ratification
- treaty limiting anti-ballistic missile systems
- treaty of accession
- treaty of alliance
- treaty of commerce and navigation
- treaty of cooperation
- treaty of extradition
- treaty of friendship
- treaty of guarantee
- treaty of mutual assistance
- treaty of mutual security
- treaty of neutrality
- treaty of nonaggression
- treaty of peace
- treaty of relations
- treaty of union
- treaty of unity
- treaty of unlimited duration
- treaty on the nonproliferation of nuclear weapons
- treaty on the non-use of force
- treaty provides for smth
- treaty remained in suspension
- tripartite treaty
- under the treaty
- unequal treaty
- unfair treaty
- unification treaty
- unilateral renunciation of a treaty
- union treaty
- unratified treaty
- vassal treaty
- verifiable treaty
- verification of compliance with the treaty - world treaty -
43 BARDI
сущ.ЕС. Regionaalarengu Instituutide Balti Allians, Baltic Alliance of Regional Development Institutions -
44 pacto
m.agreement, pact.hacer/romper un pacto to make/break an agreementpacto electoral electoral pactpacto social social contractpres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: pactar.* * *1 pact, agreement* * *noun m.1) pact, agreement2) covenant* * *SM agreement, pacthacer un pacto — to make an agreement, make a pact
PACTOS DE LA MONCLOA In the unstable political environment in Spain that followed Franco's death and the narrow victory of Adolfo Suárez's UCD party in the 1977 general election, it became obvious that a great deal of cross-party cooperation would be needed if progress was to be made. The result was the Pactos de la Moncloa, named after the prime minister's official residence, where the pacts were signed in October 1977. They were designed to bring together all political groups in a spirit of consensus in order to push through vital legislation, specifically the Constitution, but also budgets and regional policies.pacto social — [gen] social contract; [de salarios] wages settlement
See:ver nota culturelle LA CONSTITUCIÓN ESPAÑOLA in constitución* * *masculino pact, agreementcumplir/romper un pacto — to abide by the terms of/to break an agreement
* * *= covenant, pact.Ex. The article 'Public library: the Trojan Horse covenant' argues that too much emphasis is now placed on the privatisation of libraries, their transformation into information centres and collections which mirror current demands.Ex. Issues discussed at some length included problems arising from a recent copyright pact with the USA and how each country can obtain access to the best literature of the other.----* hacer un pacto con el diablo = make + a pact with the devil.* pacto con el diablo = pact with the devil.* pacto secreto = secret pact, secret deal.* pacto suicida = suicide pact.* * *masculino pact, agreementcumplir/romper un pacto — to abide by the terms of/to break an agreement
* * *= covenant, pact.Ex: The article 'Public library: the Trojan Horse covenant' argues that too much emphasis is now placed on the privatisation of libraries, their transformation into information centres and collections which mirror current demands.
Ex: Issues discussed at some length included problems arising from a recent copyright pact with the USA and how each country can obtain access to the best literature of the other.* hacer un pacto con el diablo = make + a pact with the devil.* pacto con el diablo = pact with the devil.* pacto secreto = secret pact, secret deal.* pacto suicida = suicide pact.* * *pact, agreementcumplir un pacto to abide by the terms of an agreementrompieron el pacto they broke the agreementhagamos un pacto let's make a pact o dealhacer un pacto con el diablo to make a pact with the devilCompuestos:Andean Pact ( agreement on economic cooperation between Andean countries)gentlemen's agreement(UE) stability and growth pactnon-aggression pactrepurchase agreementWarsaw Pactprenuptial agreementsocial contract* * *
Del verbo pactar: ( conjugate pactar)
pacto es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
pactó es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
pactar
pacto
pactar ( conjugate pactar) verbo transitivo ‹paz/tregua› to negotiate, agree terms for;
‹plazo/indemnización› to agree on
verbo intransitivo
to make a pact, negotiate an agreement
pacto sustantivo masculino
pact, agreement;◊ cumplir/romper un pacto to abide by the terms of/to break an agreement;
Ppacto de Varsovia Warsaw Pact
pactar
I verbo transitivo to agree
II verbo intransitivo to come to an agreement
pacto sustantivo masculino pact, agreement
un pacto de no agresión, a non-aggression pact
un pacto entre caballeros, a gentlemen's agreement
' pacto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
alianza
- caballero
- capitulación
- concierto
- estrechamiento
- sellar
- sigilo
- tratado
- trato
- acuerdo
- romper
English:
bargain
- compact
- covenant
- gentleman
- pact
- deal
* * *pacto nmagreement, pact;hacer/romper un pacto to make/break an agreement;cumplir un pacto to fulfil an agreement;hacer un pacto con el diablo to make a pact with the devilpacto de no agresión non-aggression pact;Pacto Andino = agreement between Andean countries to promote economic development and co-operation;pacto electoral electoral pact;Pol pacto a la griega = alliance of opposing forces in order to gain power;pacto de recompra repurchase agreement;pacto social social contract;Hist el Pacto de Varsovia the Warsaw Pact* * *m agreement, pact;pacto de no agresión non-aggression pact* * *pacto nmconvenio: pact, agreement* * *pacto n pact / agreement -
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оборона, защита; pl. оборона, система обороны; оборонительные сооруженияapproach the (enemy) defenses — подходить к району обороны (противника);
put up a (stout) defense — оказывать (упорное) сопротивление, стойко оборонять(ся);
— all-around defense— antiamphibious assault defense— chemical warfare defense— close-in defense— endoatmospheric missile defense— extended position defense— general air defense— hillside defense— national wide defense— positional defense— zero air defense* * * -
46 defense
оборона, защита; pl. оборона, система обороны; оборонительные сооруженияapproach the (enemy) defenses — подходить к району обороны (противника);
put up a (stout) defense — оказывать (упорное) сопротивление, стойко оборонять(ся);
— all-around defense— antiamphibious assault defense— chemical warfare defense— close-in defense— endoatmospheric missile defense— extended position defense— general air defense— hillside defense— national wide defense— positional defense— zero air defense* * *1) оборона; 2) оборона -
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1) договор (преим. международный); трактат•treaty of friendship, commerce and navigation — договор о дружбе, торговле и мореплавании
- treaty of cessiontreaty of friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance — договор о дружбе, сотрудничестве и взаимной помощи
- treaty of friendship
- treaty of limits
- treaty of marriage
- treaty of peace
- arbitration treaty
- bilateral treaty
- boundary treaty
- commercial treaty
- constitutive treaty
- contractual treaty
- equal treaty
- extradition treaty
- formal treaty
- international treaty
- law-making treaty
- law treaty
- legislative treaty
- Moon treaty
- multilateral treaty
- non-self-executing treaty
- open treaty
- peace treaty
- permanent treaty
- private treaty
- protectorate treaty
- reciprocal treaty
- regional treaty
- restricted treaty
- secret treaty
- self-executing treaty
- tax treaty
- trade treaty
- trilateral treaty
- unequal treaty
- bipartite treaty
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49 pact
n соглашение, договор, пактСинонимический ряд:1. contract (noun) accord; agreement; alliance; arrangement; bargain; bond; compact; concord; concordat; contract; convention; covenant; transaction; treaty; understanding2. covenant (verb) agree on; assent; contract; covenant; enter into; make terms; pledge; promise -
50 Introduction
Portugal is a small Western European nation with a large, distinctive past replete with both triumph and tragedy. One of the continent's oldest nation-states, Portugal has frontiers that are essentially unchanged since the late 14th century. The country's unique character and 850-year history as an independent state present several curious paradoxes. As of 1974, when much of the remainder of the Portuguese overseas empire was decolonized, Portuguese society appeared to be the most ethnically homogeneous of the two Iberian states and of much of Europe. Yet, Portuguese society had received, over the course of 2,000 years, infusions of other ethnic groups in invasions and immigration: Phoenicians, Greeks, Celts, Romans, Suevi, Visigoths, Muslims (Arab and Berber), Jews, Italians, Flemings, Burgundian French, black Africans, and Asians. Indeed, Portugal has been a crossroads, despite its relative isolation in the western corner of the Iberian Peninsula, between the West and North Africa, Tropical Africa, and Asia and America. Since 1974, Portugal's society has become less homogeneous, as there has been significant immigration of former subjects from its erstwhile overseas empire.Other paradoxes should be noted as well. Although Portugal is sometimes confused with Spain or things Spanish, its very national independence and national culture depend on being different from Spain and Spaniards. Today, Portugal's independence may be taken for granted. Since 1140, except for 1580-1640 when it was ruled by Philippine Spain, Portugal has been a sovereign state. Nevertheless, a recurring theme of the nation's history is cycles of anxiety and despair that its freedom as a nation is at risk. There is a paradox, too, about Portugal's overseas empire(s), which lasted half a millennium (1415-1975): after 1822, when Brazil achieved independence from Portugal, most of the Portuguese who emigrated overseas never set foot in their overseas empire, but preferred to immigrate to Brazil or to other countries in North or South America or Europe, where established Portuguese overseas communities existed.Portugal was a world power during the period 1415-1550, the era of the Discoveries, expansion, and early empire, and since then the Portuguese have experienced periods of decline, decadence, and rejuvenation. Despite the fact that Portugal slipped to the rank of a third- or fourth-rate power after 1580, it and its people can claim rightfully an unusual number of "firsts" or distinctions that assure their place both in world and Western history. These distinctions should be kept in mind while acknowledging that, for more than 400 years, Portugal has generally lagged behind the rest of Western Europe, although not Southern Europe, in social and economic developments and has remained behind even its only neighbor and sometime nemesis, Spain.Portugal's pioneering role in the Discoveries and exploration era of the 15th and 16th centuries is well known. Often noted, too, is the Portuguese role in the art and science of maritime navigation through the efforts of early navigators, mapmakers, seamen, and fishermen. What are often forgotten are the country's slender base of resources, its small population largely of rural peasants, and, until recently, its occupation of only 16 percent of the Iberian Peninsula. As of 1139—10, when Portugal emerged first as an independent monarchy, and eventually a sovereign nation-state, England and France had not achieved this status. The Portuguese were the first in the Iberian Peninsula to expel the Muslim invaders from their portion of the peninsula, achieving this by 1250, more than 200 years before Castile managed to do the same (1492).Other distinctions may be noted. Portugal conquered the first overseas empire beyond the Mediterranean in the early modern era and established the first plantation system based on slave labor. Portugal's empire was the first to be colonized and the last to be decolonized in the 20th century. With so much of its scattered, seaborne empire dependent upon the safety and seaworthiness of shipping, Portugal was a pioneer in initiating marine insurance, a practice that is taken for granted today. During the time of Pombaline Portugal (1750-77), Portugal was the first state to organize and hold an industrial trade fair. In distinctive political and governmental developments, Portugal's record is more mixed, and this fact suggests that maintaining a government with a functioning rule of law and a pluralist, representative democracy has not been an easy matter in a country that for so long has been one of the poorest and least educated in the West. Portugal's First Republic (1910-26), only the third republic in a largely monarchist Europe (after France and Switzerland), was Western Europe's most unstable parliamentary system in the 20th century. Finally, the authoritarian Estado Novo or "New State" (1926-74) was the longest surviving authoritarian system in modern Western Europe. When Portugal departed from its overseas empire in 1974-75, the descendants, in effect, of Prince Henry the Navigator were leaving the West's oldest empire.Portugal's individuality is based mainly on its long history of distinc-tiveness, its intense determination to use any means — alliance, diplomacy, defense, trade, or empire—to be a sovereign state, independent of Spain, and on its national pride in the Portuguese language. Another master factor in Portuguese affairs deserves mention. The country's politics and government have been influenced not only by intellectual currents from the Atlantic but also through Spain from Europe, which brought new political ideas and institutions and novel technologies. Given the weight of empire in Portugal's past, it is not surprising that public affairs have been hostage to a degree to what happened in her overseas empire. Most important have been domestic responses to imperial affairs during both imperial and internal crises since 1415, which have continued to the mid-1970s and beyond. One of the most important themes of Portuguese history, and one oddly neglected by not a few histories, is that every major political crisis and fundamental change in the system—in other words, revolution—since 1415 has been intimately connected with a related imperial crisis. The respective dates of these historical crises are: 1437, 1495, 1578-80, 1640, 1820-22, 1890, 1910, 1926-30, 1961, and 1974. The reader will find greater detail on each crisis in historical context in the history section of this introduction and in relevant entries.LAND AND PEOPLEThe Republic of Portugal is located on the western edge of the Iberian Peninsula. A major geographical dividing line is the Tagus River: Portugal north of it has an Atlantic orientation; the country to the south of it has a Mediterranean orientation. There is little physical evidence that Portugal is clearly geographically distinct from Spain, and there is no major natural barrier between the two countries along more than 1,214 kilometers (755 miles) of the Luso-Spanish frontier. In climate, Portugal has a number of microclimates similar to the microclimates of Galicia, Estremadura, and Andalusia in neighboring Spain. North of the Tagus, in general, there is an Atlantic-type climate with higher rainfall, cold winters, and some snow in the mountainous areas. South of the Tagus is a more Mediterranean climate, with hot, dry, often rainless summers and cool, wet winters. Lisbon, the capital, which has a fifth of the country's population living in its region, has an average annual mean temperature about 16° C (60° F).For a small country with an area of 92,345 square kilometers (35,580 square miles, including the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and the Madeiras), which is about the size of the state of Indiana in the United States, Portugal has a remarkable diversity of regional topography and scenery. In some respects, Portugal resembles an island within the peninsula, embodying a unique fusion of European and non-European cultures, akin to Spain yet apart. Its geography is a study in contrasts, from the flat, sandy coastal plain, in some places unusually wide for Europe, to the mountainous Beira districts or provinces north of the Tagus, to the snow-capped mountain range of the Estrela, with its unique ski area, to the rocky, barren, remote Trás-os-Montes district bordering Spain. There are extensive forests in central and northern Portugal that contrast with the flat, almost Kansas-like plains of the wheat belt in the Alentejo district. There is also the unique Algarve district, isolated somewhat from the Alentejo district by a mountain range, with a microclimate, topography, and vegetation that resemble closely those of North Africa.Although Portugal is small, just 563 kilometers (337 miles) long and from 129 to 209 kilometers (80 to 125 miles) wide, it is strategically located on transportation and communication routes between Europe and North Africa, and the Americas and Europe. Geographical location is one key to the long history of Portugal's three overseas empires, which stretched once from Morocco to the Moluccas and from lonely Sagres at Cape St. Vincent to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is essential to emphasize the identity of its neighbors: on the north and east Portugal is bounded by Spain, its only neighbor, and by the Atlantic Ocean on the south and west. Portugal is the westernmost country of Western Europe, and its shape resembles a face, with Lisbon below the nose, staring into theAtlantic. No part of Portugal touches the Mediterranean, and its Atlantic orientation has been a response in part to turning its back on Castile and Léon (later Spain) and exploring, traveling, and trading or working in lands beyond the peninsula. Portugal was the pioneering nation in the Atlantic-born European discoveries during the Renaissance, and its diplomatic and trade relations have been dominated by countries that have been Atlantic powers as well: Spain; England (Britain since 1707); France; Brazil, once its greatest colony; and the United States.Today Portugal and its Atlantic islands have a population of roughly 10 million people. While ethnic homogeneity has been characteristic of it in recent history, Portugal's population over the centuries has seen an infusion of non-Portuguese ethnic groups from various parts of Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Between 1500 and 1800, a significant population of black Africans, brought in as slaves, was absorbed in the population. And since 1950, a population of Cape Verdeans, who worked in menial labor, has resided in Portugal. With the influx of African, Goan, and Timorese refugees and exiles from the empire—as many as three quarters of a million retornados ("returned ones" or immigrants from the former empire) entered Portugal in 1974 and 1975—there has been greater ethnic diversity in the Portuguese population. In 2002, there were 239,113 immigrants legally residing in Portugal: 108,132 from Africa; 24,806 from Brazil; 15,906 from Britain; 14,617 from Spain; and 11,877 from Germany. In addition, about 200,000 immigrants are living in Portugal from eastern Europe, mainly from Ukraine. The growth of Portugal's population is reflected in the following statistics:1527 1,200,000 (estimate only)1768 2,400,000 (estimate only)1864 4,287,000 first census1890 5,049,7001900 5,423,0001911 5,960,0001930 6,826,0001940 7,185,1431950 8,510,0001960 8,889,0001970 8,668,000* note decrease1980 9,833,0001991 9,862,5401996 9,934,1002006 10,642,8362010 10,710,000 (estimated)
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