PORTUGALby Olivia, Natalia, Shellby and Sophie

General facts

Capital City- Lisbon

Population- 10,614,640

Location- Iberian Coast

Founded as an independent country in 1152

Part of EU for almost 20 years

President- Anibal Cavaco Silva

Prime Minister- Pedro Passos Coelho

Gastronomy

The national dish is Bacalhau

Feijoada is a very popular bean dish

Portugal is renowned for it’s marvelous sweet wine called port which is exported worldwide

Geography

On the Iberian Coast

Westernmost mainland European country

Still has sovereignty over Madeira Islands and the Archipelagos of the Azores

The Vasco de Gama bridge over the river Tejo, in Lisbon, is the largest bridge in Europe

The terrain ranges from green mountainous regions in the north to hot, dry beaches in the south, like the popular tourist area of the Algarve

The native tree is the cork tree

Culture

There is a regional language of Mirandese

No official religion but Roman Catholicism is the most prevalent (almost 94% of the population identified themselves as Catholic in a recent survey)

There are festivals in June celebrating “Los Santos Populares”

Famous poets include Luis de Camoes and Fernando Pessoa

Most popular sport is football

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