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Portugal

PT / PRT   38.7°, -9.2°

Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country in Southwestern Europe. Mainland Portugal is located on the southwestern portion of the Iberian Peninsula, and bordered by Spain to the north and east. Portugal also includes the archipelagos of Madeira and the Azores in the Atlantic Ocean. The country has a population of 11.4 million, and Lisbon, its capital, is the largest city. Portugal's internal waters and territorial sea together account for two-fifths of its territory, and its exclusive economic zone is one of Europe's largest, while its terrain contains a diverse range of landscapes and regional climates.

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People are called
Portuguese
Driving side
Right
Calling code
+351
Capital
Lisbon
Population
10,347,892
Area
92,225 km2
Climate
Mediterranean
Government
Semi-presidential republic
Currency
Euro
Languages
Portuguese, Mirandese
Sells
cars, garments, vehicle parts/accessories, unpackaged medicine
Sells to
Spain 21%, France 11%, Germany 10%
Land borders
1: Spain
Drives on the
right
Calling code
+351
Founded
1143
Hemisphere
Northern

WHAT PEOPLE ARE CALLED

Portuguese

These are English demonyms for people from Portugal. A demonym describes a connection to a place; it does not mean everyone shares an ethnicity, language or religion.

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SAME LAND, DIFFERENT WORLDS

Civilizations, flags & standards

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Modern borders are a starting point for exploring the past. These cultures and states occupied some of the same land; they were not the same country. Dates describe each civilization or state as a whole, not continuous rule over every place listed.

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Turning points

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Religion: state & society

An official religion is a legal status. The largest religious group is a population measure. Neither describes every person's beliefs.

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BEYOND THE MAP

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Where it is

Languages

Share of the population that speaks each. Click one to see every country that speaks it.

Portugueseofficial
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Mirandeseofficial
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Largest cities

Lisbon  capital 517,802
Porto 252,687
Braga 193,324
Amadora 178,858
Coimbra 140,796

Wars and conflicts

Conflicts this country is attached to. Click one to see the others. Each says what kind of claim it is: a principal belligerent is hand-checked against the modern state that succeeded the power that fought, while a recorded participant comes from the bulk import, which does not separate combat from funding, basing, occupation or reconstruction. Neither list is complete, so a country missing from a war may still have taken part — which is why the quiz no longer asks who fought in what.

Form of government

Semi-presidential republic.

Climate and geography

maritime temperate; cool and rainy in north, warmer and drier in south

Climate zone

Highest point

Northern hemisphere.

Land borders (1)

Figures from its history

Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama Sailed to India Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese mariner, explorer and nobleman. His discovery of the first direct maritime route between Europe and India via the Cape of Good Hope and across the Indian Ocean from Malindi in Kenya to Kozhikode was to open up European...
Henry the Navigator
Henry the Navigator Patron of the age of discovery Prince Henry the Navigator, was a Portuguese prince, a central figure in the early days of the Portuguese Empire and often credited as one of the main initiators of the Age of Discovery.
Antonio de Oliveira Salazar
Antonio de Oliveira Salazar Dictator, 1932-1968 António de Oliveira Salazar was a Portuguese dictator, academic, and economist who served as the Prime Minister of Portugal from 1932 to 1968.
Fernando Pessoa
Fernando Pessoa Poet Fernando António Nogueira de Seabra Pessoa was a Portuguese poet, writer, literary critic, translator, and publisher.

Checked facts

Most of this page is imported in bulk and carries no source of its own. These entries were checked by hand against the source named, and are reapplied after every dataset rebuild so a refetch cannot quietly put the old value back.

  • Member of european union — Full member states only, as the organisation itself lists them.
    The imported member_of list is out of date for this organisation and is not asked about.
    Source · true as of 2026-09-11 · checked 2026-09-11
  • Member of nato — Full member states only, as the organisation itself lists them.
    The imported member_of list is out of date for this organisation and is not asked about.
    Source · true as of 2026-09-11 · checked 2026-09-11

Corrected in an AI-assisted review of the imported data (2026-09-22), not yet checked against a named source: climate zone, currencies, founded.