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Observation: Variation of the "File:Portuguese Speaking Countries Detailed SVG.svg". Based on it. Main differences are the absence of internal divisions in most portuguese speaking countries or in which portuguese is culturally relevant, smoother borders and less image polution.

I. Prevalence of Native/First language Portuguese speakers in the province of Maputo/Mozambique (54,3%), book "Padrão Linguístico em Moçambique", https://www.ine.gov.mz/web/guest/d/padrao_linguistico-02-02-24 (PDF available), Eliza Mónica A. MAGAUA, Instituto Nacional de Estatística, 2023, Maputo, page 48

II. Prevalence of native Portuguese speakers in Angola:

1. Bengo - https://www.citypopulation.de/en/angola/admin/18__bengo/ - Absolute Majority Native

2. Benguela - http://www.citypopulation.de/en/angola/admin/09__benguela/ - Absolute Majority Native

3. Bié - https://www.citypopulation.de/en/angola/admin/11__bi%C3%A9/ - Not Majority Native but almost

4. Cabinda - http://www.citypopulation.de/en/angola/admin/01__cabinda/ - Absolute Majority Native

5. Cuando Cubango - https://www.citypopulation.de/en/angola/admin/13__cuando_cubango/ - Not Majority Native but almost

6. Cuanza Norte - https://www.citypopulation.de/en/angola/admin/05__cuanza_norte/ - Absolute Majority Native

7. Cuanza Sul - https://www.citypopulation.de/en/angola/admin/06__cuanza_sul/ - Absolute Majority Native

8. Cunene - https://www.citypopulation.de/en/angola/communes/admin/16__cunene/ - Not Majority

9. Huambo - https://www.citypopulation.de/en/angola/admin/10__huambo/ - Not Majority Native but almost

10. Huíla - http://www.citypopulation.de/en/angola/admin/15__hu%C3%ADla/ - Plurality/Relative Majority Native

11. Luanda - https://www.citypopulation.de/en/angola/admin/04__luanda/ - Absolute Majority Native

12. Lunda Norte - https://www.citypopulation.de/en/angola/admin/08__lunda_norte/ - Not Majority Native but almost

13. Lunda Sul - https://www.citypopulation.de/en/angola/admin/17__lunda_sul/ - Not Majority Native but almost

14. Malanje - https://www.citypopulation.de/en/angola/admin/07__malanje/ - Absolute Majority Native

15. Moxico - https://www.citypopulation.de/en/angola/admin/12__moxico/ - Not Majority

16. Namibe - https://www.citypopulation.de/en/angola/admin/14__namibe/ - Absolute Majority Native

17. Uíge - http://www.citypopulation.de/en/angola/admin/03__u%C3%ADge/ - Plurality/Relative Majority Native

18. Zaire - https://www.citypopulation.de/en/angola/admin/02__zaire/ - Not Majority

III. Data Regarding Places/Regions where Portuguese is culturally relevant - https://www.ethnologue.com/language/por/ - breakdown of the data:

1. Uruguay - 31.000 - Rivera and Artigos

2. Paraguay - 241.000 - Boquerón deparment: Chaco region into Filadelfia.

3. Japan - 212.000 - For the reasoning behind the provinces hilighted, see also - https://www.hurights.or.jp/archives/focus/section2/2009/12/life-as-dekkasseguis-the-brazilian-community-in-japan.html#:~:text=Most%20Brazilians%20are%20found%20in,term%20immigrant%20settlement%20has%20begun.

4. France - 1.469.000 - Scattered. Corsica region; Hauts-de-France region: Roubaix, near Belgian border; Île-de-France region: Paris; Nouvelle-Aquitaine region: Bordeaux; Occitania region: Toulouse.

5. Switzerland - 277.000 - see also - https://www.swissinfo.ch/por/sociedade/grito-lusitano_distribui%c3%a7%c3%a3o-de-portugueses-na-su%c3%ad%c3%a7a-%c3%a9-desigual/42291356#:~:text=No%20gr%C3%A1fico%20preparado%20por%20swissinfo,dos%20Gris%C3%B5es%20(alem%C3%A3o%2C%20italiano%20e

6. Luxembourg - 86.600 - it's a micronation

7. Andorra - 8.900 - also a micronation

8. United States - 957.680 - L1 users: 950,000 in United States (2022 census), including 200,000 in Massachusetts; 97,000 in New Jersey, 92,000 in California: 50,000 in Connecticut (2022 census). L2 users: 7,680 (2021 MLA)

9. Spain - 258.000 - Castille and Leon autonomous community, Extremadura autonomous community.

10. Venezuela - 185,000 in Venezuela (2022 Joshua Project), based on ethnicity.

11. South Africa - 300,000 in South Africa (2010 Observatório da Emigração). Ethnic population: 1,850,000 (2020 Joshua Project).

IV. Partly derived from File:AngolaLanguageMap.png

V. Used File:Blank Map World Secondary Political Divisions.svg (public domain) as a base for editing

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