Geography Now! PORTUGAL

some countries try to fight the ocean others are afraid of the ocean Portugal practically wants to live in the ocean if they had gills they'd sell their land and build an Atlantis welcome to the powerful little sailor of Europe everyone I'm your host barbs this episode couldn't have come at a better time because I literally just got back from a trip to Portugal with my mom I met tons of you guys the Portuguese geography and little sidenote everybody this is a chihuahua he is a native Portuguese person he'll be coming in and out of this episode explaining things about Portugal so say hi hi anyway let's look at the globe now shall we Portugal is sometimes called the door to Europe it's the start to the mainland the Portuguese are ocean people they need to be close to the sea they get uncomfortable without it with that in mind their country is pretty ideal for them location-wise Portugal the rectangle-shaped country is located at the very end of the Iberian Peninsula surrounded by Spain on all three sides as well as two island regions in the Atlantic they have the westernmost point of continental Europe cabo da roca and the westernmost point of Europe's domain the island of santa cruz das Flores important note Portugal has one of the oldest borders in Europe and one of the oldest in the world very much thanks to this treaty signed between these two kings back in 1297 the Spanish and Portuguese have always usually had amicable relations in regards to their States the only kind of dispute they have is over the town of olivenza this is not an official dispute but most Portuguese believe that it kind of probably should be theirs because of history or something look it up for what it's worth though there is even a spot where you can zipline across this river from Portugal into Spain in travel forward one hour in time because for some reason Portugal decided to follow the UTC plus one zone instead of plus two like Spain meaning that even though Galicia is on the same longitude they are one hour ahead anyway the country is divided into 18 districts and two autonomous regions the asaurus and Madeira islands these two island regions give a huge boost to Portugal's exclusive economic zone by over 1.7 million square kilometres making it the third-largest EEZ in the EU and the 20th in the world the capital is Lisbon and of course it holds the largest airport Lisbon international as well as the largest shipping port the port of Lisbon the second largest city is actually Cinque Terre followed by vila nova de gaia however porto actually holds the second busiest airport and Faro in the south rounds out third place for airports as well remember even though these little uninhabited guys known as the savage islands are closer to the Canary Islands of Spain they actually belonged to Portugal and make up the southernmost part of Portugal's domain one of which right here fontina is actually a self-proclaimed micronation purchased by some art teacher dude who bought it and then later claimed independence from Portugal in 2007 keep in mind these overseas regions in addition to the Canary Islands and Cape Baird are part of a larger oceanic region known as macaron Asia not to be confused with Micronesia which is halfway across the world yeah that micronation island thing that's a weird one look it up they kind of have all they need in that small space as long as they have the largest portion of the Atlantic coast on the Iberian Peninsula this is kind of what allowed them to become the frontrunners in the Age of Discovery and European expedition years most of the first and famous explorers you've probably already heard of Magellan and Vasco de Gama they come from Portugal ahem yeah yeah you guys took the Arctic in Finland like hundreds of years earlier for what it's worth though it's important to note that historically not only were the Portuguese the first to kick off the Age of Exploration with the first discovery at the asuras in Madeira Island but they also had a vast empire at one point expanding across five continents as far as East Timor to Brazil and everything in between the problem was with the exception of Brazil Angola and Mozambique the Portuguese really only kind of maintained numerous ports and coastal colonies that didn't encroach far inland with the connecting land masses their love of the ocean kind of ended up diminishing much of their land claims and the majority of the ports were either fought over and lost or sold to other colonial powers of the 18th and 19th centuries nonetheless outside of the sovereign Portuguese speaking countries today you will see small remnants of Portuguese influence in places like China's special autonomous region of Macau with its Portuguese named streets and the churches and culture of areas like Goa as well as Dhamma Mandy you in India anyway this segment is getting kind of long here are some places of interest that you guys the Portuguese people suggested be mentioned in this episode they have 17 UNESCO heritage sites many of them are famous monasteries or churches or sanctuaries sintra has that cool National Palace thing and this grotto Palace humanise has that castle where Portugal kind of started Eddie Serra is like the best surfing spot pretty much the entire city of Porto with its colorful neoclassical and baroque charm they also have the coolest bookstore ever and the most beautiful McDonald's those Boulder homes in Monsanto the castle of obidos Aurora like the best historic sites and even a Portuguese Stonehenge corrvalue rock art sites the world's shortest international bridge with Spain cemetery of anchors the Monte Penn Antonio Dolman pretty much everything on Madeira Island with its beaches and Botanical Gardens the museum's this one is even dedicated to Ronaldo Lisbon has so many sites like the belem tower the jeronimos monastery and every year there is a huge program into the town of Fatima one of the holiest sites in Portugal yeah and that's the thing about Portugal like once someone finds a cool hidden natural spot it usually gets exposed and invaded fast and speaking of nature that brings us to now as mentioned Portugal is an ocean loving country that loves the sea and water nonetheless the actual people do need to kind of live on land and like grow food on it and stuff so yeah there's this how you break it down Portugal's land makeup of course is made up of the two main parts that fall under Portuguese sovereignty the continental Portuguese landmass on the Iberian Peninsula and the two island regions of the asuras and the Madeira islands the continental part of Portugal is located on the Eurasian Plate close to the convergence of the African plate geologists speculate that there could be a newly emerging rift which could explain some of the seismic activity such as the great Lisbon earthquake of 1755 that nearly destroyed the entire city on All Saints Day look it up anyway the northern parts are generally more mountainous in hilly with two main mountain chains the northern meseta mountains and the serra da estrela which has torre the tallest point on the mainland however if we're talking about the tallest point in the entire country that actually belongs to mount picot on asaurus island back to the mainland though the country is shaped by three main rivers dole role in the north the longest river of the country otago sort ours and the guardiana in the south which feeds into the largest lake of the country lake alkaviva which is actually a reservoir created by the alcove a dam the south of the country known as the Southern Miss Etta is generally flatter and lush with the Sado Basin fed by the Stadio River skipping over to the island regions the Azores and Madeira islands are volcanic archipelagos generally lush and green and mild to warm year round Madeira actually has a UNESCO nature zone the Laura Silva or Laurel forests of the north side for the Azores they are kind of precariously positioned right at the triple junction of three tectonic plates and the westernmost islands Corvo and Flores are actually located in the North American plate they are beautiful green islands that actually kind of resemble the Irish countryside with farm plots dotted everywhere this island chain is also the only part of Europe if you don't consider the Caucasus part of Europe where tea can be cultivated naturally in its environment that was pretty compact in detail and we didn't get to talk about all the cool stuff like the cave beach have been a deal or this tidal pool or that place where the largest wave ever was surfed by that dude oh that was Portugal yes it was look it up in the meantime you know the deal I take my triple shot of espresso break which means Noah comes in to fill in for the rest of this segment it's somebody's sake Keith no I believe he said Noah for one they're masters of making anything out of trees as over a third of the country is forested mostly with Oaks Pines and eucalyptus such Portuguese companies like the navigator company are world renowned for paper products and Amorian is the world's largest cork producer in Portugal being number one in Cork production in general you will see tons of stuff from Portugal made of cork or purses cork shoes cork notebooks cork everything and they love their wine with port rose a green and Madeira wines being some of the most popular types Portugal is home to many animal species as well and the Continental society you will find mammals like wild pigs wild goats hares foxes the unofficial national animal though or at least a common national symbol would technically be the legendary mythical barcelos Brewster there Europe's top seafood consumer per capita and usually in the top four worldwide and of course brings us to the final segment food some tot notable dishes you guys the Portuguese geography suggests we mentioned include things like the most iconic national soup caldo Verde these two sandwiches are probably the most popular ones pastiche Donata and finally with seafood they have everything from cuttlefish crabs shrimp spiny lobster barnacles mackerel lamprey sea bass clams oysters periwinkles scallops sardines dude the Portuguese make the best octopus I ever had in my life fun fact the fortune Keats actually introduced samosas to India tempura to Japan and England it probably wouldn't have tea if the Portuguese hadn't traded with China and of course the most popular dish supports to go often seen as the national dish bacalao which is salted cod deliberately preserved and soaked before cooking interestingly enough Cod isn't even commonly caught off their coast so they have to resort to importing it usually from the North Sea the national dish isn't even really found naturally in their own country but what does occur naturally import galore the Portuguese people let's meet them shall we thank you know again art take care of this one oh my god oh you're welcome now I asked you out to describe the Portuguese and here are some things he said - it's like a resourcefulness of ways so if you give us like a corkscrew and if frisbee will give you a scooter another one is static calls as H when someone is really grumpy or in a real bed would to sum it up that's the ideal Portuguese way in any case the country has about 10.5 million people and they are one of the top ageing populations in the world and has the highest emigration rate in the EU the exact numbers are not always completely reliable but many sources on average report that somewhere around 90 to 95 percent of the population identifies as Portuguese but that term is very broad as there are many different types of Portuguese people that look totally different from the others some of them are blonde hair and blue eyed and some are tan and olive and brunette either way Portuguese the remainder of the five to ten percent of the population comes from all over the world mostly Europe and former colonial states like Brazil Angola and Mozambique and even a small Asian minority as well mostly Macao Chinese and India from Goa and Dammam and do you use the euro as their currency they used to type C and F plug outlets and they drive on the right side of the road now of course in Portugal the official language is Portuguese a Latin based Romance language it's actually related to the Galician language and North Spain and usually the two can pretty much understand each other and weirdly enough Galicians and North Portuguese people have Celtic roots we'll talk more about that in the Spain episode but anyway Portugal also technically has a second regional official language Mira and si which is only spoken by about 15,000 people in two municipalities of the Northeast region but otherwise okay just being straight up Portuguese is the most difficult Latin language for me personally but after spending some time in Portugal I figured out a shortcut if you want to learn how to speak Portuguese here's how you do it step one be Russian step two get drunk step 3 try to speak Spanish they all know me Oh Paolo algo still to bust each different Lao calm down this was a joke geography now does not endorse underage drinking or alcoholism and also do not confuse the Portuguese with the Spanish they eat that actually when I met you I had this conversation with him he's well yes when I go to Portugal would it be okay if I spoke some Spanish just in case if I had a complete communication problem yeah no don't just don't trust me you're better off just using English so anyway the Portuguese as mentioned have a lot of ocean history and Catholic roots about 81% of the country identifying to varying degrees of devotion as Roman Catholic the Portuguese aren't too quick to note that they did kind of start the Atlantic slave trade although keep in mind the East African slave trade was actually started centuries prior by Arabs in the Indian Ocean moving on Portuguese culture comes in many fascinating vibrant forms of tradition and custom and with that here's random Hana to explain Portugal today is a very distinct nation but if you did close you can see the layers of influence from groups like Phoenicians the Celtic Germanic Visigoths Viking Sephardic Jewish and Moorish people yeah even Vikings and don't you forget it of course as intrepid maritime folk the Portuguese were the first to invent galleon ships that launched off the Age of Discovery for Europe post Viking era with that they also created the first forms of western-style nautical Catan Rafi and navigation it would later be taught and used across the continent one guy even tried to pioneer one of the first airship designs although Portugal may not be well known for their painters or graphic arts I mean this dude went crazy and burned every single one of his painting except one they definitely have a tradition of three-dimensional expression that dates back centuries distinct Portugal styles include things like man maligne architecture of the 16th century and even today people like berdahl of the second continued the tradition of three-dimensional art fun fact you can probably guess a home as Portuguese if the exterior walls have tiles on them and often blue pattern tiles they have their own unique Portuguese sport or you have to knock off a pin with metal discs and burying weights and sizes nonetheless no shocker soccer or football is the most popular sport with their oldest club dating back to 1893 in Porto their national team has consistently ranked high and FIFA standings we all know Ronaldo is the most mainstream noteworthy face of Portuguese football today I mean the guy has multiple statues of themselves the legendary Eusebio is considered one greatest football icons of all time and the symbol of the nation's sport festivals of course adorn the entire nation from north to south many rooted in Catholic tradition June is a huge month where the festival of the three saints take place all over the country honoring Saint Anthony John and Peter or there's a lot of wine and sardines with fireworks there's also many unique regional festivals like the faceted cocoa in which they do fun dragon-slaying performances there's the LA serene carnival one of the only places where Celtic rituals can be seen anyways the festivities are usually filled with music which I guess means we're moving on to Keith's segment alright starting as early as Gregorian chants in the medieval age is evolving into the classical era and eventually winning Eurovision Portugal has had lots of musical accolades and there's a certain word that kind of describes the overall feeling of Portuguese nough swen it comes to music Saturday so da day translates to something like a sense of melancholy and longing as if something we're missing this type of mindset is one of the key elements that inspire the most famous of all Portuguese musical genres fado it's even listed as a UNESCO heritage trait the most recognizable name with fado being amália rodrigues listen to it and see what you think Portuguese have their own version of guitars drums accordions even bagpipes the ukulele from Hawaii was actually introduced from the Portuguese migrants mostly from the Azores and Madeira islands where my ancestors are actually from fun fact today the Portuguese music scene has everything from mainstream hip hop rock pop metal moon spell being one of the more popular metal bands from Portugal one time I saw moon spell at I think it was Ozzfest I don't remember moon spells awesome thank you alright and with that we got to move on to the incredibly condensed history section proto Iberian cultures indo-european migrations Atlantic Bronze Age Lisbon founded Phoenicians proto Celts Rome comes in Christianity persecution of Christians Visigoth vandals Moors Muslim years Vikings come in briefly from the north parts fighting fighting blah blah blah they get their first king after independence from me on uninhabited Madeira and Azores Islands discovered Age of Discovery kicks off Atlantic slave trade colonies established inquisitions great earthquake of 1755 Napoleon years first constitution last monarch deposed Republic World War one joins Allied forces world war ii gets messy salazar begins his reign colony wars in Africa colonies gained independence but Timor is still on hold new constitution joins you World's Fair Expo releases Macau releases East Timor hipster shops and trendy yet pretentious warehouse district cafes open up and here we are today we ask you guys for a list of some of the top notable people from Portugal or up Portuguese descent and they include people like Prince Henry the Navigator even though he never really did any exploring himself Bartolomeu Dias Vasco de Gama Ferdinand Magellan these athletes these two popes Nobel Prize winner in medicine agus Moniz the greatest writer is luís de camões Fernando Pessoa and josé saramago daniela ruah Carmen Miranda Maria Alvarez sorrow sampaio Paulo Rico and some American and Canadian celebrities that have Portuguese descent include Nelly Furtado John Mendez one of my favorite animators JG quintel even Tom Hanks and uh this guy I guess Portuguese right yeah totally man great-grandfather was actually born he was born in the Madeira islands Keith's every well as you can see by now with their bold exploring roots Portugal has definitely left its mark on the world and with that we move on to see how the mark has impacted their relationships to others around the world yeah Portugal is kind of like the smallest nation that left the biggest legacy over 30 times more people than the population of Portugal across the world speak Portuguese then in Portugal for one they have the longest official alliance between two countries on earth with the UK forged in 1373 they have been working alongside the British for a long time and have developed numerous bilateral policies and trade deals long story short the Portuguese introduced tea to the British and the British helped them get Cod for France Portugal is kind of like the lean Latin boy-next-door who keeps trying to flirt with France even though she's kind of dating Germany there are more Portuguese people living abroad in France than any other nation at about 2 million the Portuguese love the French they enjoy the laissez faire culture and charm and have integrated very well into French society the Portuguese were the first Europeans to have encountered the Japanese and much of the historical interaction reverberates to this day culturally I mean they founded the port city of nagasaki and even the word arigato is derived from the portuguese word obrigado even when Japan was isolated they traded for centuries only with the Portuguese even though things got messy in the 60s and 70s they still have close ties to their former colonies especially Brazil Angola and to some extent Mozambique many of these people have recently moved in on separate migration waves and today you can see many of them in major cities like Lisbon and Porto billions of dollars are traded with Angola annually and Portugal even canceled Mozambique's remaining debts from independence to 2005 at nearly 400 million dollars Brazil is their biggest legacy it's like the Sun they fed steroids and became a massive giant bodybuilder today the Brazilian dialect of Portuguese is more widely taught and distributed in media than actual Portuguese Portuguese and even after independence the two have shared a privileged family bond that will always have high favor towards the other for what it's worth though when it comes to their best friend most Portuguese might be grudgingly hate to admit it but they kind of at the end of the day will always walk side by side with their oldest friend Spain Portugal was actually the first nation that fully emerged out of the Iberian Peninsula back when Spain was a bunch of disjointed kingdoms since then they've been rivals and adversaries during colonial years they competed to see who could take over the Americas better they've had centuries of conflict and treaties alliances unions arguments but in the end they just have that Iberian culture and latin route that ties them in so closely at brothers in conclusion we say that we like to keep things moderate and simple but our history is anything but moderate in simple our love of water kind of spilled over into a global Empire phenomenon that even as probably didn't see coming today the Portuguese legacy lives on stay tuned Qatar is coming up next [Music]

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Length: 19min 45sec (1185 seconds)

Published: Wed Nov 06 2019

Reddit Comments

[u/DavidR747]

Lembro-me de há uns anos atrás descobrir este canal quando alguém postou o episódio de Timor Leste aqui neste sub. Naquela altura pensei "eish ainda falta tanto para Portugal" e agora cá estamos... Shieeeet....

[u/odraciRRicardo]

Só vi um pouco ainda mas...

Deveria reconhecer que o nosso fuso horario está mais correcto que o Espanhol.

Dizer que o Porto é a quarta cidade em termos de população pode ser tecnicamente correcto mas é parvo.

[u/mzameer]

O sotaque do João é o típico sotaque dos portugueses a falarem inglês.

[u/Fontatlas]

Fds mas nós usamos assim tanta cortiça? Sem ser rolhas e bases para tachos? Carteiras e sapatos e chapéus é muito bonito mas não tenho muita ideia de os portugueses os usarem, acho que é mais para o turista.

[u/joaomiguel26]

Académica de Coimbra é do Porto 😂

[u/Jn_grit]

Bom video mas há partes que podia ter explicado melhor.

A espanha é que mudou o fuso horário para ficar mais próximo ao da alemanha.

Não é muito difícil de explicar a situação de Olivença.Legalmente é suposto ser parte de Portugal,mas Portugal já não puxa essa situação para não enfraquecer as relações com espanha.

[u/pgllz]

Arigato não deriva do português.

E Sintra não é a segunda maior cidade (nem Gaia a terceira), mas o segundo concelho mais populoso.

[u/RandomMe98]

Lindo vídeo, e há um pequeno erro (sem contar os erros a serem apontados para o vídeo de sexta):

faltam algumas minorias, sobretudo as dos países da Europa de Leste (Rússia, Ucrânia, Moldávia, Roménia). E claro não há só emigrantes em Lisboa e no Porto, em Braga temos muitos destes e da onda de brasileiros também.

[u/LeTastyButter]

Esperei 3 anos e meio por isto