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The Ribatejo is the most central of Portugal

Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....
's traditional regions or provinces, with no coastline or border with Spain.

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The Ribatejo is the most central of Portugal

Portugal

Tagus

The Tagus is the longest river on the Iberian Peninsula. It measures 1,038 kilometers in length, 716 km of which are in Spain, 47 km as border between Portugal and Spain and the remaining 275 km in Portugal, where it empties into the Atlantic Ocean at Lisbon....
(Ribatejo = "Upstream, (on the banks of) Tagus" or "Upper Tagus") and is home to some of the richest agricultural lands in the country. It is particularly famous for raising the horses and bulls used in the Portuguese style of bullfighting

Portuguese-style bullfighting

Portuguese-style bullfighting differs in many aspects from Spanish-style bullfighting....
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Although the province no longer has any officially defined borders, being only a historical and cultural region, the places normally considered to be part of it are Abrantes

Abrantes

Abrantes is a Municipalities of Portugal in Portugal on the right bank of the river Tagus,at the junction of the Madrid-Badajoz-Lisbon railway with the Guarda-Abrantes line, with a total area of 714.7 km? and a total population of 41,560 inhabitants ....
, Alcanena

Alcanena

Alcanena is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 127 km? and a total population of 14,709 inhabitants.The municipality is composed of ten parishes, and is located in the district of Santar?m ....
, Almeirim

Almeirim

Almeirim is a city and a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 222.0 km? and a total population of 22,434 inhabitants. The city proper has a population of 10,520....
, Alpiarça

Alpiarça

Alpiar?a is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 95.0 km? and a total population of 8,157 inhabitants.The municipality is composed of 1 parish, and is located in the district of Santar?m ....
, Azambuja

Azambuja

Azambuja is a Portugal Municipalities of Portugal in the District of Lisbon, in the historical region of Ribatejo with a total area of 262.7 km? and a total population of 20,838 inhabitants....
, Benavente

Benavente, Portugal

Benavente is a municipality and parish in Portugal with a total area of 521.0 km? and a total population of 25,266 inhabitants.The municipality is composed of 4 parishes, and is located in the district of Santar?m ....
, Cartaxo

Cartaxo

Cartaxo is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 158.2 km? and a total population of 24,465 inhabitants. The city itself has a population of 9,507....
, Chamusca

Chamusca

Chamusca is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 746.0 km? and a total population of 110,313 inhabitants.The municipality is composed of 17 parishes, and is located in the district of Santar?m_....
, Constância

Constância

Const?ncia is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 80.4 km? and a total population of 3796 inhabitants.The municipality is composed of 3 parishes, and is located in the district of Santar?m_....
, Coruche

Coruche

Coruche is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 1,117.6 km? and a total population of 20,629 inhabitants.The municipality is composed of 8 parishes, and is located in the district of Santar?m_....
, Golegã

Golegã

Goleg? is a small municipality in Portugal with a total area of 76.6 km? and a total population of 5,629 inhabitants.The municipality is composed of 2 parishes, and is located in the district of Santar?m ....
, Ponte de Sor

Ponte de Sor

Ponte de Sor is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 839.7 km? and a population of 17,593 inhabitants.The municipality is composed of 7 parishes, and is located in the District of Portalegre ....
, Salvaterra de Magos

Salvaterra de Magos

Salvaterra de Magos is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 242.0 km? and a total population of 20,908 inhabitants.The municipality is composed of 6 parishes, and is located in the district of Santar?m_....
, Santarém

Santarém, Portugal

Santar?m is a Portugal city and municipality. The city itself has a population of 28,760 and the entire municipality has 64,124 inhabitants.It is the capital of the district of Santar?m ....
, Tomar

Tomar

Torres Novas

Torres Novas is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 270.0 km? and a total population of 37,155 inhabitants.The municipality is composed of 17 parishes, and is located in the district of Santar?m ....
, Vila Franca de Xira

Vila Franca de Xira

Vila Franca de Xira is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 317.7 km? and a total population of 133,224 inhabitants. Situated on the west bank of the River Tagus, just 32 km north-east of the Portuguese capital Lisbon, Vila Franca de Xira is said to have been founded by French followers of Portugal's first king, Afonso_I_of_Portug...
and Vila Nova da Barquinha

Vila Nova da Barquinha

Vila Nova da Barquinha is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 49.6 km? and a total population of 7,878 inhabitants. It is composed of 5 parishes and is located in the district of Santar?m ....
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Historically, the biggest towns in Ribatejo were Santarém

Santarém, Portugal

Tomar

Tomar , also known in English as Thomar, is a city of some 20,000 and also a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 351.0 km? and a total population of 43,007 inhabitants....
. As an administrative subdivision, the province disappeared in 1976, after being formally created in 1936, and its territory was incorporated by Portugal's present regions.

Ribatejo

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