Explore Portugal in Europe - Portugal Tourism Info

Description and Basic Information

Portugal with its capital Lisbon is located in Europe (Southwestern Europe, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean). It covers some 92,392 square kilometres (slightly smaller than Indiana) with 10,676,000 citizens. Portuguese and are the the languages spoken by people in Portugal. Spain is a bordering country.

Pictures from Lisbon (Capital)

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About Portugal

The terrain offers mountainous north of the Tagus River, rolling plains in south. The average density of population is about 115 per km². The climate in can be described as maritime temperate with cool and rainy in north, warmer and drier in south. Possible natural disasters include Azores subject to severe earthquakes.

To reach someone in Portugal dial +351 prior to a number. There are 4,049,000 installed telephones. And there are 15,178,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900, 1800 MHz and 3G. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".pt". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 230V - 50Hz.

The country consists of 20 regions/states which are listed below.

Regions/States of Portugal

European Tourism Information

Official Tourism Office

Website: Portugal Tourism

Av. 5 de Outubro, 18
8001-902 Faro
Portugal

Phone: +351 289 800 400
Fax: +351 289 800 489

Unesco World Heritage Properties

Portugal has 7 more world heritage locations. To see all of them, visit the Portugal Unesco Heritage location overview.

Alto Douro Wine Region

Wine has been produced by traditional landholders in the Alto Douro region for some 2,000 years. Since the 18th century, its main product, port wine, has been world famous for its quality. This...

Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroismo in the Azores

Situated on one of the islands in the Azores archipelago, this was an obligatory port of call from the 15th century until the advent of the steamship in the 19th century. The 400-year-old San...

Convent of Christ in Tomar

Originally designed as a monument symbolizing the Reconquest, the Convent of the Knights Templar of Tomar (transferred in 1344 to the Knights of the Order of Christ) came to symbolize just the...

Cultural Landscape of Sintra

In the 19th century Sintra became the first centre of European Romantic architecture. Ferdinand II turned a ruined monastery into a castle where this new sensitivity was displayed in the use of...

Historic Centre of Évora

This museum-city, whose roots go back to Roman times, reached its golden age in the 15th century, when it became the residence of the Portuguese kings. Its unique quality stems from the whitewashed...

Demographic Information

Age Distribution in Portugal

Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Natural Population Growth

Population, Migration and Growth: The population in Portugal is growing at an rate of 0.24% (or by 26,195 citizens). Each year 32,851 people enter this country (or 3.10 per thousand citizens) - making it an immigration country. This leads to an absolute natural increase rate of the population of -0.06%. Or an total decrease of 6,656 citizens.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.