- Capital: Lisbon
- Major City: Porto
- Major Geographical Features
- Atlantic Ocean
- Gulf of Cadiz
- Tagus River
- Guadiana River
- Douro River
- Serra da Estrela
- Algarve
- Cape of St. Vincent
- Official Name: Portuguese Republic
- Religion: Roman Catholic
- Language: Portuguese
- 1755: Earthquake destroys Lisbon
- 1807-1822: Portugal loses much of its wealth during the Napoleonic Wars and the independence of Brazil
- 1910: Revolution overthrows monarchy and establishes a republic
- 1975: Grants independence to all its African colonies
- 1985: Joins European Economic Community (later becomes the European Union)
- 2011: Negotiates a loan with the International Monetary Fund and the European Union to help with a large government debt
- Independence: 1143, the Kingdom of Portugal recognized
- Government: republic, parliamentary democracy
- Currency: euro (EUR)
- Indiana is slightly larger than Portugal
- Literacy: 93.5%
- Climate: Maritime Temperate
- Home to 1/3 of the world's cork oak trees resulting in producing 1/2 of the world's cork
- Westernmost nation on the European mainland
- 1/3 of Portugal's population lives in Lisbon or Porto
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