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World > Europe > Portugal
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Portugal |
Introduction:
Following 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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Official name: |
Portuguese Republic |
Capital: |
name: Lisbon geographic coordinates: 38 43 N, 9 08 W time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October |
Government type: |
parliamentary democracy |
Population: |
10,642,836 (July 2007 est.) |
Languages: |
Portuguese (official), Mirandese (official - but locally used) |
Official Currency: |
Euro (EUR)
Current Euro Exchange Rates Historical Euro Exchange Rates Chart Euro Exchange Rates |
Currency code: |
EUR |
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 |
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Map of Portugal
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