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Portugal
From Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium
| Portuguese Republic | |||||
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| Anthem: A Portuguesa | |||||
| [[Image:{{{image_map}}}|250px|center|Location of Portugal]] | |||||
| Capital | Lisbon | ||||
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| Official languages | Portuguese | ||||
| Government | Semi-presidential republic | ||||
| - President of the Portuguese Republic | Anibal Cavaco Silva (before: Jorge Sampaio) | ||||
| - Prime-Minister | Eng. José Socrates (before: José Durão Manuel Barroso) | ||||
| Area | |||||
| - Total | 92 931 sq km. 2 km² 58081 3 sq mi | ||||
| Population | |||||
| - 2006 estimate | 10.945.870 (75th) | ||||
| - Density | 114/km² (66th) /sq mi | ||||
| HDI () | 0.897 (high) (29th) | ||||
| Currency | Euro 4 (EUR)
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| Time zone | UTC (UTC) | ||||
| - Summer (DST) | EST (UTC+1) | ||||
| Internet TLD | pt | ||||
| Calling code | +351 | ||||
| 1Mirandese is official in some parts of Portugal (Law 7/99). Also, it's recognized Portuguese sign language (Portuguese Republic Constitution, 1997 revision, 74th Article, 2.h subset). 2Without the territory of Olivenza, in dispute with Spain. 3Approximately. 4Before 1999, Portuguese escudo. | |||||
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (Portuguese: República Portuguesa), is a country in southwestern Europe, situated in the western part of the Iberian Peninsula. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south, and by Spain to the north and east. Its capital and largest city is Lisbon.
Portugal has the oldest national border in Europe: since its formation, it has lost only Olivenza to Spain (Olivenza remains disputed: see more here).
Portugal was the pioneer in the discovery of the New World and the sea route to India, and the founder of the first and longest-lasting colonial empire (from the conquest of Ceuta to the ceding of Macau to the Chinese).
