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| | NationMaster - Statistics on Spain. 4171 facts and figures, stats and information on Spanish economy, crime, people, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24) |
 | | Andorra 63.7 km, France 623 km, Gibraltar 1.2 km, Portugal 1,214 km, Morocco (Ceuta) 6.3 km, Morocco (Melilla) 9.6 km |
 | | Portugal's name derives from the Roman name Portus Cale (Latin for Warm Port) Cale was the name of an early settlement located at the mouth of the Douro River, which flows into the Atlantic Ocean in the north of what is now Portugal. |
 | | Around 200 BCE, the Romans took the Iberian Peninsula from the Carthaginians during the Second Punic War, and in the process conquered Cale and renamed it Portus Cale. |
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