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Portugal - Travel guidePortugal - OverviewFollowing its heyday as a world power during the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal lost much of its wealth and status with the destruction of Lisbon in a 1755 earthquake, occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, and the independence in 1822 of Brazil as a colony. A 1910 revolution deposed the monarchy; for most of the next six decades, repressive governments ran the country. In 1974, a left-wing military coup installed broad democratic reforms. The following year, Portugal granted independence to all of its African colonies. Portugal is a founding member of NATO and entered the EC (now the EU) in 1986. |
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| Country full name : | conventional long form: Portuguese Republic conventional short form: Portugal local long form: Republica Portuguesa local short form: Portugal |
| Capital : | Lisbon |
| Religions : | Roman Catholic 94%, Protestant (1995) |
| Languages : | Portuguese (official), Mirandese(locally used) |
| Location : | Southwestern Europe, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Spain |
| Geographic coordinates : | 39 30 N, 8 00 W |
| Area : | total: 92,391 sq km land: 91,951 sq km water: 440 sq km note: includes Azores and Madeira Islands |
| Climate : | maritime temperate; cool and rainy in north, warmer and drier in south |
| Population : | 10,605,870 (July 2006 est.) |
| Nationality : | noun: Portuguese adjective: Portuguese |
| Ethnic groups : | homogeneous Mediterranean stock; citizens of black African descent who immigrated to mainland during decolonization number less than 100,000; since 1990 East Europeans have entered Portugal |
| Government type : | parliamentary democracy |
| Administrative divisions: | 18 districts (distritos, singular - distrito) and 2 autonomous regions* (regioes autonomas, singular - regiao autonoma); Aveiro, Acores (Azores)*, Beja, Braga, Braganca, Castelo Branco, Coimbra, Evora, Faro, Guarda, Leiria, Lisboa, Madeira*, Portalegre, Porto, Santarem, Setubal, Viana do Castelo, Vila Real, Viseu |
| Legal system : | civil law system; the Constitutional Tribunal reviews the constitutionality of legislation; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations |
| Suffrage : | 18 years of age; universal |
| Internet code : | .pt |
| Calling code : | +351 |
| Time zone : | GMT/UTC +0 |
| Electricity : | 220V 50Hz |
| National holiday : | Portugal Day (Day of Portugal), 10 June (1580) |
| Interesting link : | Portugal travel guide - Lonely Planet Portugal travel guide - Wikitravel Tourism Office of Portugal |
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