Portugal

Localization

• Portugal is located in the southwestern part of Europe  in the Iberian Peninsula and it includes islands in the Atlantic Ocean.
• The Portuguese territory has a total area of ​​92,090 km ². It is bound in the north and east by Spain and in the south and west by the Atlantic Ocean, and it has two independent regions: the Azores and Madeira.
• The country's name comes from its second largest city, Oporto, whose Latin name was Portus Cale.
• The capital of Portugal is Lisbon.

History

•The country´s national day is on the 10th of June.
•The first king of Portugal was D.Afonso Henriques

•Portugal discovered:

    -India in 1498.

     - Brazil in 1500.

•On April 25th in 1974 The Carnation Revolution took place (Revolução dos Cravos), a pacific revolution in which flowers were used (carnations) with a single goal: to end the dictatorship in Portugal.

Population

•Portugal has more than 10 million inhabitants, of which 451,000 are immigrants.

Curious Facts:

•The average life expectancy is 78 years.

•The illiteracy rate has  decreased over the years.

•Portugal is one of the countries with the lowest infant mortality rate (children under 5 years).

•Access to health care is free to all people.

Climate

•In Portugal, the summer is mild in the highlands of the north and along the coast.

•In the south and in the mainland, summer is warmer and can reach 40 º C.

•Autumn and winter are typically windy, rainy and cool, being colder in the northern and central districts of the country.

•However, in southern cities of Portugal, temperatures rarely fall below 0 ° C, getting to 5 ° C in most cases.

Culture

Galo de Barcelos

Sports

Music Festivals

Folk Dancing

Fado

Monuments

Palácio da Pena, Sintra

Torre de Belém

Estátua dos descobrimentos

Torre dos Clérigos

Mosteiro dos Jerónimos

Castelo de Óbidos

Ponte de D.Luis

Ponte 25 de Abril

Gastronomy

Music

Amália Rodrigues

Tony Carreira

Xutos e Pontapés

Mariza

Quim Barreiros

Amor Electro

Os Azeitonas

The Gift

Richie Campbell

Carminho

Capital - Lisbon

•Lisbon is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with a population of 547 631 inhabitants.
•Lisbon is the seventh most visited city in Southern Europe.
•The Lisbon region is the wealthiest region of the country.
•Lisbon is one of the oldest cities in the world and the oldest city in Western Europe.