Portugal

Capital: Lisbon Population: 10,581,949 Official Languages: 10,581,949 Time Zone: +0 / Summer +1 Dialing Code: +351

Government: Unitary parliamentary Area: 92,212 km2 largest city: Lisbon Currency : Euro ISO 3166 code: PT

Basic Info

Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country located in Southwestern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula. It is the westernmost country of mainland Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east. Apart from continental Portugal, the Portuguese Republic holds sovereignty over the Atlantic archipelagos of Azores and Madeira, which are autonomous regions of Portugal. The country is named after its second largest city, Porto, whose Latin name was Portus Cale.

Geography

The territory of Portugal includes an area in the Iberian Peninsula (referred to as the continent by most Portuguese) and two archipelagos in the Atlantic Ocean: the archipelagos of Madeira and the Azores. It lies between latitudes 32° and 43° N, and longitudes 32° and 6° W.

Climate

Portugal is defined as a Mediterranean climate (Csa in the south, interior, and Douro region; Csb in the north, centre and coastal Alentejo; and also Semi-arid climate or Steppe climate (Bsk in certain parts of Beja district) according to the Koppen-Geiger Climate Classification), and is one of the warmest European countries: the annual average temperature in mainland Portugal varies from 12 °C (53.6 °F) in the mountainous interior north to over 18 °C (64.4 °F) in the south and on the Guadiana river basin. The Algarve, separated from the Alentejo region by mountains reaching up to 900 metres (3,000 ft) in Pico da Foia, has a climate similar to that of the southern coastal areas of Spain or Southern California.

Religion

According to the 2011 Census, 81% of the Portuguese population are Roman Catholic while 3.3% follow other Christian denominations. Some 6.8% of the population declared themselves to be non-religious. In addition, the country has small Protestant, Mormon, muslim, Hindu, Sikh, Christian Orthodox, Jehovah's Witnesses, Baha'i, Buddhist and Jewish communities.

Administrative divisions

Administratively, Portugal is divided into 308 municipalities (Portuguese: municípios or concelhos), which are subdivided into 4260 civil parishes (Portuguese: freguesia). Operationally, the municipality and civil parish, along with the national government, are the only legally identifiable local administrative units identified by the government of Portugal (for example, cities, towns or villages have no standing in law, although may be used as catchment for the defining services).

01	Lisbon
02	Leiria
03	Santarém
04	Setúbal
05	Beja
06	Faro
07	Évora
08	Portalegre
09	Castelo Branco
10	Guarda
11	Coimbra
12	Aveiro
13	Viseu
14	Bragança
15	Vila Real
16	Porto
17	Braga
18	Viana do Castelo

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