Spain–Portugal border
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The Spain–Portugal border, often called "La Raya" or "A Raia," is one of Europe's oldest international boundaries, separating the Iberian Peninsula's two largest countries from the Atlantic coast to the interior highlands.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Portugal–Spain border | 4 |
| Spain–Portugal border canonical | 2 |
| Spanish–Portuguese border | 1 |
| Vilar Formoso–Fuentes de Oñoro border | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5774166 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Spain–Portugal border Context triple: [Tagus Basin, crossesBorder, Spain–Portugal border]
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A.
Franco-Spanish border
The Franco-Spanish border is the international boundary separating France and Spain, running largely along the crest of the Pyrenees mountains.
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B.
Gibraltar–Spain border
The Gibraltar–Spain border is the international land frontier separating the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar from Spain, notable for its political sensitivity and for intersecting Gibraltar’s airport runway.
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C.
Campo de Gibraltar
Campo de Gibraltar is a comarca in the province of Cádiz in southern Spain, encompassing several municipalities around the Bay of Algeciras near the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar.
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D.
Iberia
Iberia is the flag carrier airline of Spain, operating an extensive network of domestic and international flights, particularly linking Europe with Latin America.
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E.
Beiras
Beiras is a traditional region in central Portugal known for its diverse landscapes, historic cities, and cultural heritage.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Spain–Portugal border Target entity description: The Spain–Portugal border, often called "La Raya" or "A Raia," is one of Europe's oldest international boundaries, separating the Iberian Peninsula's two largest countries from the Atlantic coast to the interior highlands.
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A.
Franco-Spanish border
The Franco-Spanish border is the international boundary separating France and Spain, running largely along the crest of the Pyrenees mountains.
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B.
Gibraltar–Spain border
The Gibraltar–Spain border is the international land frontier separating the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar from Spain, notable for its political sensitivity and for intersecting Gibraltar’s airport runway.
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C.
Campo de Gibraltar
Campo de Gibraltar is a comarca in the province of Cádiz in southern Spain, encompassing several municipalities around the Bay of Algeciras near the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar.
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D.
Iberia
Iberia is the flag carrier airline of Spain, operating an extensive network of domestic and international flights, particularly linking Europe with Latin America.
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E.
Beiras
Beiras is a traditional region in central Portugal known for its diverse landscapes, historic cities, and cultural heritage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
international border
ⓘ
land border ⓘ river border ⓘ |
| adjacentCountry |
Kingdom of Spain
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Portuguese Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderRegime | Schengen Area internal border NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderType | largely demarcated ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| culturalRegionName | Raia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| easternTerminus | interior highlands of the Iberian Peninsula ⓘ |
| followsRiver |
Caya River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Guadiana River NERFINISHED ⓘ Limia River NERFINISHED ⓘ Minho River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBorderCrossingType |
bridge crossing
ⓘ
rail border crossing ⓘ road border crossing ⓘ |
| hasDisputedSection | Olivenza NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
land sections
ⓘ
maritime sections ⓘ river sections ⓘ |
| hasSectionCharacteristic |
mountainous stretches
ⓘ
river valleys ⓘ rural borderlands ⓘ |
| historicalFormation | Treaty of Alcañices NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalFormationYear | 1297 ⓘ |
| isOneOf | oldest international borders in Europe ⓘ |
| lengthApproxKm | 1200 ⓘ |
| localName |
A Raia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
La Raya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| localNameLanguage |
Portuguese
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ |
| notableBridge |
Guadiana International Bridge
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
International Bridge of Marvão–Valencia de Alcántara NERFINISHED ⓘ International Bridge of Tui–Valença NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| passesNearCity |
Badajoz
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Elvas NERFINISHED ⓘ Fuentes de Oñoro NERFINISHED ⓘ Tui NERFINISHED ⓘ Valença do Minho NERFINISHED ⓘ Vilar Formoso NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedAgreement | Schengen Agreement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedOrganization | European Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| separatesCountry |
Portugal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| separatesTerritory | Iberian Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| westernTerminus | Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: Spain–Portugal border Description of subject: The Spain–Portugal border, often called "La Raya" or "A Raia," is one of Europe's oldest international boundaries, separating the Iberian Peninsula's two largest countries from the Atlantic coast to the interior highlands.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.