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Road Traffic:right side
Electricity:
Voltage:230V
Frequency:50 Hz
Plug types:C, F,
TV Systems:
System:PAL B / PAL G
DVD-Region: 2
Geography
Bordering countries:
Location:
Southwestern Europe, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Spain
Area:
total: 92,391 sq km
land: 91,951 sq km
water: 440 sq km
Climate:
maritime temperate; cool and rainy in north, warmer and drier in south
Terrain:
mountainous north of the Tagus River, rolling plains in south
Economy
GDP: $204.4 billion (2005 est.)
GDP growth rate: 0.3% (2005 est.)
GDP per capita: $19,300 (2005 est.)
Inflation rate: 2.3% (2005 est.)
Currency:
note: on 1 January 1999, the European Monetary Union introduced the euro as a common currency to be used by financial institutions of member countries; on 1 January 2002, the euro became the sole currency for everyday transactions within the member countries
Exchange rates:
euros per US dollar - 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004), 0.886 (2003), 1.0626 (2002), 1.1175 (2001)
People
Population: 10,605,870 (July 2006 est.)
Growth rate: 0.36% (2006 est.)
Religions:
Roman Catholic 94%, Protestant (1995)
Languages:
Portuguese (official), Mirandese (official - but locally used)
Government
Capital:
name: Lisbon
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
Independence:
1143 (Kingdom of Portugal recognized); 5 October 1910 (independent republic proclaimed)
Note: Information on Portugal was mainly sourced from CIA's World Factbook and may represent an American point of view. To learn more about Portugal, please visit one of the links below.
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