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Portugal, Europe

This post was last updated by José of onez on Monday, 02 June 2025.

Image of Lisbon, capital city of Portugal

Portugal is a Western European country excelling in renewable energy, vibrant tourism, advanced infrastructure, and strong cultural heritage recognized worldwide.
Portugal in one word would be “Saudade,” meaning nostalgic longing.

Portugal Flag

Portugal armorial

Portugal Map

Portugal is a country on the Iberian Peninsula located in the Southern Europe sub‑region of the Europe continent, member of European Union.

Portugal administrative divisions

18 districts (distritos) and 2 autonomous regions (regioes autonomas)

districts

Aveiro
Beja
Braga
Braganca
Castelo Branco
Coimbra
Evora
Faro (Algarve)
Guarda
Leiria
Lisboa (Lisbon)
Portalegre
Porto
Santarem
Setubal
Viana do Castelo
Vila Real
Viseu

Autonomous regions

Açores (Azores)
Madeira

Easy learning about Portugal

The capital city of Portugal is Lisbon.

Portugal is located in	Iberian Peninsula Southern Europe Europe Continent Inhabitants of Portugal are called Portuguese
Member of	European Union since 1986 Euro since 1999 Schengen since 1995 NATO since 1949
Portugal has a population of	10,430,738 inhabitants within a total area of 92,391 Km² (57,409 sq mi) (2023 UN data)
Portugal is also called:	Portogallo in Italian Portugalia in Polish Portugalia in Romanian Πορτογαλία (Portogalía) in Greek Португалия (Portugaliya) in Russian البرتغال (al-Burtughāl) in Arabic 葡萄牙 (Pútáoyá) in Chinese (Mandarin) ポルトガル (Porutogaru) in Japanese 포르투갈 (Poreutugal) in Korean
Main International Airports	Lisbon (LIS) Humberto Delgado Airport Porto (OPO) Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport Faro (FAO) Faro Airport Madeira (FNC) Madeira Airport Cristiano Ronaldo Azores (PDL) João Paulo II Airport
Major Sea Ports	Sines Leixões
Portugal’s Global Peace Index (GPI)	7 (world rank position) GPI scale of 1.37 This means, the closer to 1, the more peaceful the country is... (2024 data from GPI)
Human Development Index (HDI)	Portugal HDI ranks in position nº 40 worldwide HDI of 0.890 (0.4 to 1) (2023 data from UNDP)
Portugal’s passport	allows visa-free entry to 188 countries Portugal passport ranks 4th in the world (2025 HP Index data)
Portugal GDP per capita is	$30,002 USD (2025 estimated data from IMF)
Portugal ’s LGBTI legal status	Same-sex sexual acts are Legal (2025 ILGA data)
Portugal EPI (English Proficiency Index)	is classified as Very high proficiency has a score of 605 ranks 6th worldwide (2024 data from EPI)
Latitude & Longitude	39° 30' N, 8° 00' W Open in Google Maps
Portugal borders with	Spain in the north Atlantic ocean in the south Spain in the east Atlantic ocean in the west
Portugal Climate	maritime temperate; cool and rainy in north, warmer and drier in south
Most predominant religion	Roman Catholic,
Second most predominant religion	other Christian,
Language tought as first language	Portuguese
Most popular foreign languages taught at school	English, French, Spanish, German
Currency name & code	Euro (EUR)
Internet ccTLD	.pt
Portugal calling code	+351
Highest elevation point	Ponta do Pico on Ilha do Pico in the Azores with 2,351 m and Serra da Estrela in the continent with 1500 meters
Citizenship	Visa Gold on investment
Main dish food	Bacalhau — dried and salted cod fish usually soaked first in water or milk; typically prepared with a variety of ingredients including potatoes, carrots, cabbage, or eggs and may be baked, boiled, or fried. Grilled sardines after may to September, Seafood cataplana all year.

Portuguese People

Writer
Luís de Camões

Writer
Camilo Castelo Branco

Writer
Eça de Queirós

Writer
Fernando Pessoa

Admiral
Henrique Gouveia e Melo

Business man philanthropist
Rui Nabeiro

Athlete
Luís Figo

Athlete
Rosa Mota

Athlete
Tiago Monteiro

Athlete
Cristiano Ronaldo

Actor
Pedro Lamares

Model and actress
Sofia Aparício

Actor
Paulo Pires

Actor
Cláudia Vieira

actress and model
Rita Pereira

Nobel Prize
Egas Moniz

Nobel Prize
José Saramago

Royalty
D. Luís I de Portugal

Royalty
D. Carlos I de Portugal

Royalty
D. Afonso de Bragança

Royalty
D. Manuel II de Portugal

Royalty
D. Maria Pia de Bragança

Fashion
Luísa Beirão

Fado singers in Lisbon

Journalist
Fátima Campos Ferreira

Musitian
Jorge Palma

Portuguese Fado singer
Carlos do Carmo

Portuguese singer-songwriter and musician
Rui Veloso

Portuguese images sourced from: Wikimedia Commons

Reasons to visit Portugal

Wine tours, City break in Lisbon and Porto, 1500 km of beaches, Futbol, sailing, climbing, nature walkings, Fátima Catholic santuary

Where is Portugal located on the world map?

Portugal is located on the southwestern tip of Europe, directly above the northwest coast of Africa and east of the United States, separated by the Atlantic Ocean.

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