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Continental Portugal or '''Mainland Portugal''' (Portuguese: ''Portugal Continental'') is the designation of the Mainland Portugal territory, in the Iberian Peninsula , located in the Continental Europe . The designation is sometimes used to differentiate the Continental territory of Portugal (also known as The Continent - ''O Continente'') from the Insula r territory of Portugal. The former is composed by the Madeira and Azores Portuguese Archipelagos in the Atlantic Ocean . The Azores and Madeira archipelagos are also commonly referred to as The Autonomic Regions (''As Regiões Autónomas'') or simply The Islands (''As Ilhas''). Mainland Portugal has 89,015 km&2 (Portugal: 92,145 km&2) and 9,833,408 inhabitants (Portugal: 10,318,084). HISTORY In the past, during the Portuguese Empire period, ''Metrópole'' used to be a common designation. The Metrópole corresponded exactly to the Continental Portugal of today, plus the Azores and Madeira. In opposition, the colonies (such as Brazil , Angola , Mozambique , Timor , et al.) were called the ''Ultramar''. SEE ALSO |