Portugal is a place.
The Iberian Peninsula [ aɪˈbɪəriən_pəˈnɪnsjᵿlə ] , also known as Iberia [ aɪˈbɪəriə ] , is located in the southwest corner of Europe . Portugal . República Pertuesa is a sovereign state located on the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe . To the west and south it is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean and to the east and north by Spain . A sovereign state is , in international law , a nonphysical juridical entity that is represented by one centralized government that has sovereignty over a geographic area .