Portugal
Wednesday, 06 August 2008 19:29
Last Updated on Saturday, 28 November 2009 22:04
| Portuguese Republic
República Portuguesa
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| Anthem: "A Portuguesa" |
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 Location of Portugal (green)
– on the European continent (light green & dark grey) |
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| Capital (and largest city) |
Lisbon5 (Lisboa) 38°46′N 9°9′W / 38.767°N 9.15°W |
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| Official languages | Portuguese | |||||
| Recognised regional languages | Mirandese1 | |||||
| Ethnic groups | 96.87% Portuguese and 3.13% legal immigrants (2007)[1] | |||||
| Demonym | Portuguese | |||||
| Government | Parliamentary republic6 | |||||
| - | President | Aníbal Cavaco Silva (PSD) | ||||
| - | Prime Minister | José Sócrates (PS) | ||||
| - | Assembly President | Jaime Gama (PS) | ||||
| Formation | Conventional date for Independence is 1139 | |||||
| - | Founding | 868 | ||||
| - | Re-founding | 1095 | ||||
| - | De facto sovereignty | 24 June 1128 | ||||
| - | Kingdom | 25 July 1139 | ||||
| - | Recognized | 5 October 1143 | ||||
| - | Papal Recognition | 23 May 1179 | ||||
| - | Republic | 5 October 1910 | ||||
| - | 3rd Republic | 25 April 1974 | ||||
| EU accession | 1 January 1986 | |||||
| Area | ||||||
| - | Total | 92,345 km2 (110th) 35,645 sq mi |
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| - | Water (%) | 0.5 | ||||
| Population | ||||||
| - | July 2009 estimate | 10,707,924 (77th) | ||||
| - | 2001 census | 10,355,824 | ||||
| - | Density | 114/km2 (87th) 295/sq mi |
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| GDP (PPP) | 2008 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $236.049 billion[2] | ||||
| - | Per capita | $22,232[2] | ||||
| GDP (nominal) | 2008 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $244.640 billion[2] | ||||
| - | Per capita | $23,041[2] | ||||
| HDI (2007) | ▲ 0.909 (very high) (34th) | |||||
| Currency | Euro (€)² (EUR) |
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| Time zone | WET³ (UTC0) | |||||
| - | Summer (DST) | WEST (UTC+1) | ||||
| Date formats | yyyy-mm-dd, yyyy/mm/dd (CE) | |||||
| Drives on the | right (since 1928) | |||||
| Internet TLD | .pt4 | |||||
| Calling code | +351 | |||||
| 1 | Mirandese, spoken in some villages of the municipality of Miranda do Douro, was officially recognized in 1999 (Lei n.° 7/99 de 29 de Janeiro), since then awarding an official right-of-use Mirandese to the linguistic minority it is concerned.[3] The Portuguese Sign Language is also recognized. | |||||
| 2 | Before 1999: Portuguese escudo. | |||||
| 3 | Azores: UTC-1; UTC in summer. | |||||
| 4 | The .eu domain is also used as it is shared with other European Union member states. | |||||
| 5 | Coimbra was the capital of the country from 1139 to about 1260. | |||||
| 6 | The present form of the Government was established by the Carnation Revolution of 25 April 1974, that ended the authoritarian regime of the Estado Novo. | |||||
