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This is reflected in its choice of cities in Asia where Portugal has opened missions – there are Portuguese missions in Dili, Macau, and Panaji. Following the restoration of diplomatic relations with Indonesia in 1999, broken after the 1975 Indonesian invasion of East Timor , there is now an embassy in Jakarta .
Padrão of Sunda Kelapa (1522), National Museum of Indonesia, Jakarta. Portuguese residents of Banten and the governor of Sumatra, 16th century. Since gaining foothold in Southeast Asian region by acquiring port of Malacca in 1511, Portuguese sent exploratory expeditions into Indonesian archipelago, and sought to dominate the sources of valuable spices [3] and to extend their Roman Catholic ...
Visa requirements for Portuguese citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Portugal. As of 2025, Portuguese citizens have visa-free or visa on arrival access to 188 countries and territories, ranking the Portuguese passport 4th in the world according to the Henley Passport Index. [1]
Map of diplomatic missions in Portugal. This article lists diplomatic missions resident in Portugal.At present, the capital city of Lisbon hosts 87 embassies. In addition are consulates in Porto and other major cities.
In 1527, as the Portuguese fleet arrived off the coast, newly-converted Javanese Muslims under Sunan Gunungjati captured the port of Banten and the surrounding area from the Sundanese and established the Sultanate of Banten. According to Portuguese historian João de Barros, Banten was the center of the sultanate and a major Southeast Asian ...
Brazilian federal police conducted searches at five locations, including the Portuguese Consulate in Rio de Janeiro, as part of a corruption investigation Tuesday. Portuguese public prosecutors ...
The Banten Sultanate (Sundanese: ᮊᮞᮥᮜ᮪ᮒᮔᮔ᮪ ᮘᮔ᮪ᮒᮨᮔ᮪, كسلطانن بنتن, Kasultanan Banten) was a Bantenese Islamic trading kingdom founded in the 16th century and centred in Banten, a port city on the northwest coast of Java; the contemporary English name of both was Bantam.
This is a list of diplomatic missions in the United States.At present, 175 nations maintain diplomatic missions to the United States in the capital, Washington, D.C. Being the seat of the Organization of American States, the city also hosts missions of its member-states, separate from their respective embassies to the United States.