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Entity: | Portugal | Main prefix: | CT | Callsigns series: | CQA-CUZ, XXA-XXZ | Time in capital city: | 0 h | Continent: | Europe | ITU zone: | 37 | CQ zone: | 14 | Metropole: | |
Portugal | Maps: | ![[119 kB]](Mapy/Big/Portugal.gif) | |
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Flag | Flag description | ![Details... [5 kB]](Bazy_danych/Flagi/Miniatury/po-lgflag.gif) | Two vertical bands of green (hoist side, two-fifths) and red (three-fifths) with the Portuguese coat of arms centered on the dividing line. |
Portugal | Capital: | Lisbon
| Administrative divisions: | 18 districts (distritos, singular - distrito) and 2 autonomous regions* (regioes autonomas, singular - regiao autonoma): Aveiro, Acores (Azores)*, Beja, Braga, Braganca, Castelo Branco, Coimbra, Evora, Faro, Guarda, Leiria, Lisboa, Madeira*, Portalegre, Porto, Santarem, Setubal, Viana do Castelo, Vila Real, and Viseu.
| Population: | 10,084,245 (July 2002 est.)
| Languages: | Portuguese
| Geographic coordinates: | 39° 30' N, 8° 00' W | Area total: | 92,391 sq. km includes Azores and Madeira Islands | Land area: | 91,951 sq. km | Water area: | 440 sq. km | Total land boundaries: | 1,214 km | Borders with neighbor countries: | Spain 1,214 km
| Coastline: | 1,793 km
| Elevation extremes: | Atlantic Ocean 0 m - Ponta do Pico (Pico or Pico Alto) on Ilha do Pico in the Azores 2,351 m
| Internet country code: | .pt | Currency: | euro (EUR)
| Name - conventional long form: | Portuguese Republic | Name - conventional short form: | Portugal | Name - local long form: | Republica Portuguesa | Name - local short form: | Portugal | Independence: | 1143 (independent republic proclaimed 5 October 1910)
| Constitution: | 25 April 1976, revised 30 October 1982, 1 June 1989, 5 November 1992, and 3 September 1997
| Government type: | parliamentary democracy
| National holiday: | Portugal Day, 10 June (1580)
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