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PORTUGAL (RIGHT NEXT TO SPAIN) FARM/HOUSE FARM IN PORTUGAL ALMOST SEVEN (7) BIG ACRES (that’s a lot of land in Portugal) Farm 24 miles from Porto, Portugal 28, 600 m2 (ALMOST 7 ACRES) of land and a big house with 540 square meters (almost 5000 square feet!!) ready for living; big kitchen area-regional/modern; 4 big living areas; further kitchen, 3 bedrooms, 3 baths: 4 animal stalls, garage, wine cellar: 2 water tanks, 4 natural water wells (one with submersible pump); various trees; telephone, electric, water available at site; partly walled, very quiet area, only one entrance/exit by stone paved road. 400 foot frontage on stone road, 60 meters from state road (Porto/Amarente), 2.5 miles from freeway (A4 between Porto/Amarante). Exits at Penafiel/Lousada and/or Felgueiras/Marco. The farm is located 45 miles east from Porto (and the ocean)-thirty minutes by car on the freeway. Spain is only 50/60 minutes by car and Lisbon is 240 miles to the south. Portugal is located in Southern Europe, on the western part of the Iberian Peninsula, bordered to the north and east by Spain and to the west and south by the Atlantic Ocean. Included in the national territory are the archipelago of Madeira, located in the Atlantic Ocean, southwest of continental Portugal, and the archipelago of the Azores, located in the Atlantic Ocean to the west of Southern Europe. Madeira Island is made up of the islands of Madeira and Porto Santo and the Deserted and Wild Islets. The Azores archipelago includes the islands of Santa Maria, São Miguel, Terceira, Graciosa, São Jorge, Pico, Faial, Flores and Corvo. Surface area of Portugal is 91, 831 Km² (88, 790 Km² Continental Portugal; 2, 247 Km² Azores archipelago; 794 Km² Madeira archipelago). Landscape: Continental Portugal is mountainous north of the Tagus River, with plains to the south; the highest point of the national territory is the top of Mt. Pico, located on Pico island in the Azores archipelago. Climate: Continental Portugal is located between latitudes 37° and 42° north, with the Summer influenced by air masses associated with the tropical anticyclone of the Azores, which brings dry and stable weather, and in Winter influenced by air masses from the frontal systems of the middle latitudes low areas which bring unstable and rainy weather. Average annual temperatures don't exceed 17°-18° c. in the south of the continent, nor go below 13°-14° c. (that's very comfortable living!!!) in the northern part. Rain is most intense in November and December, in terms of volume. POPULATION : 9, 862, 540 (1991 census). Portugal is a member of the EEC and has the euro as its currency.
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