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    Introduction


    Following its heyday as a world power during the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal lost much of its wealth and status with the destruction of Lisbon in a 1755 earthquake, occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, and the independence in 1822 of Brazil as a colony. A 1910 revolution deposed the monarchy; for most of the next six decades, repressive governments ran the country. In 1974, a left-wing military coup installed broad democratic reforms. The following year, Portugal granted independence to all of its African colonies. Portugal is a founding member of NATO and entered the EC (now the EU) in 1986.


    Location


    Southwestern Europe, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Spain


    Geographic coordinates


    39 30 N, 8 00 W


    Area


    total: 92,391 sq km land: 91,951 sq km note: includes Azores and Madeira Islands water: 440 sq km


    Area - comparative


    slightly smaller than Indiana


    Land boundaries


    total: 1,214 km border countries: Spain 1,214 km


    Coastline


    1,793 km


    Maritime claims


    territorial sea: 12 NM continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation contiguous zone: 24 NM exclusive economic zone: 200 NM


    Climate


    maritime temperate; cool and rainy in north, warmer and drier in south


    Terrain


    mountainous north of the Tagus River, rolling plains in south


    Elevation extremes


    lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: Ponta do Pico (Pico or Pico Alto) on Ilha do Pico in the Azores 2,351 m


    Natural resources


    fish, forests (cork), iron ore, copper, zinc, tin, tungsten, silver, gold, uranium, marble, clay, gypsum, salt, arable land, hydropower


    Land use


    arable land: 20.57% permanent crops: 7.74% other: 71.69% (1999 est.)


    Irrigated land


    6,320 sq km (1998 est.)


    Natural hazards


    Azores subject to severe earthquakes


    Environment - current issues


    soil erosion; air pollution caused by industrial and vehicle emissions; water pollution, especially in coastal areas


    Environment - international agreements


    party to: Air Pollution, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Environmental Modification


    Geography - note


    Azores and Madeira Islands occupy strategic locations along western sea approaches to Strait of Gibraltar


    Population


    10,524,145 (July 2004 est.)


    Capital


    Lisbon


    Phone Code


    +351


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