Pọ́rtúgàl: Ìyàtọ̀ láàrin àwọn àtúnyẹ̀wò

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|demonym = [[Portuguese people|Portuguese]]

|leader_name1 = [[Aníbal Cavaco Silva]]

|leader_name2 = [[Pedro Passos Coelho]]

|leader_name3 = [[Assunção Esteves]]

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The land within the borders of today's Portuguese Republic has been continuously settled since [[Prehistoric Iberia|prehistoric times]]: occupied by the [[Gallaeci]] and the [[Lusitanians]], integrated into the [[Roman Empire]] and later settled by Germanic peoples like the [[Suevi]] and the [[Visigoths]], in the 8th century the lands were conquered by [[Moors]]. During the Christian ''[[Reconquista]]'', Portugal established itself as an independent kingdom, claiming to be the oldest European [[nation-state]].<ref>Brian Jenkins, Spyros A. Sofos, [http://books.google.com/books?id=LNRyNG9NNkcC&lpg=1 "Nation and identity in contemporary Europe"], p.145 Routledge, 1996, ISBN 0-415-12313-5</ref>