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Continental Portugal or ''mainland Portugal'' ((ポルトガル語:Portugal Continental)) is the colloquial term used to distinguish the portion of the Portuguese unitary state located in the Iberian Peninsula (and so in Continental Europe). Mainland Portugal is commonly referred to, by residents living in the archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira, as simply ''the Continent'' ((ポルトガル語:O Continente)) referring to both the socio-geographic and political status that exists between the islands and Lisbon. Before 1975, when the Portuguese territory also included several now independent states in Africa, the designation ''metrópole'' was also used. ==Context== The designation ''Mainland Portugal'' is used to differentiate the continental territory of Portugal from its insular territory. The latter comprises the archipelagos of Madeira and Azores, situated in the Atlantic Ocean. The Azores and Madeira are also commonly referred to as the autonomous regions ((ポルトガル語:as regiões autónomas)), insular Portugal ((ポルトガル語:Portugal Insular)) or, simply, the islands ((ポルトガル語:as Ilhas)). Continental Portugal is divided in 18 districts. Madeira and Azores are Autonomous Regions of Portugal. The European Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics defines the geographic plurality of the mainland Portugal and the islands as the primary NUTS I territorial division (see administrative divisions of Portugal: NTUS for details). While in modern Portugal the difference between continental and total territory is not significant (in terms of area), it mattered during the existence of the Portuguese Empire, when this terminology was used. Continental Portugal has an area of or 96.6% of the Portuguese national territory () and 10,047,083 inhabitants (or 95.1% of the total population of 10,561,614). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Continental Portugal」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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