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Name:
Portugal
(long form)
Republic of Portugal
Capital City:
Lisbon (545,245 pop.)
(2,815,851 metro)
Portugal Population:
(
2010 est.
)
World Populations
(all countries)
Currency:
Euro
(conversion rates)
Twenty Euros
Ethnicity:
homogeneous Mediterranean stock; citizens of black African descent who immigrated to mainland during decolonization number less than 100,000; since 1990 East Europeans have entered Portugal
GDP total:
$247 billion (2010 est.)
GDP per capita:
$23,000 (2010 est.)
Land Sizes
Language:
Portuguese (official), Mirandese (official - but locally used)
Largest Cities:
(
by population
) Lisbon, Porto, Amadora, Braga, Setubal, Coimbra, Funchal
Name:
Portugal's name is medieval in origin, and comes from the Latin
portus
(port) and
Cale
, or Port of Cale
National Day:
June 10
Religion:
Roman Catholic 84.5%, other Christian 2.2%, other 0.3%, unknown 9%, none 3.9% (2001 census)
Symbols
Street in Bairro Alto, Lisbon, Portugal
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