Portuguese Republic- República Portuguesa(Portuguese)
- República Pertuesa(Mirandese)
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Anthem: "A Portuguesa"
"The Portuguese Anthem"
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Capital
(and largest city) | Lisbon
38°46′N9°9′W / 38.767°N 9.15°W / 38.767; -9.15 |
| Official language(s) | Portuguese |
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| Recognised regional languages | Mirandese1 |
| Ethnic groups (2007) | 96.87% Portuguese
3.13% other ethnicities
(Cape Verdeans, Brazilians, Goans, Angolans, Ukrainians, and others)[1] |
| Demonym | Portuguese |
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| Government | Unitaryparliamentary
constitutional republic |
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| - | President | Aníbal Cavaco Silva(PSD) |
| - | Prime Minister | Pedro Passos Coelho(PSD) |
| - | Assembly President | Assunção Esteves(PSD) |
| Legislature | Assembly of the Republic |
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| Formation | Conventional date for independence is 1139 |
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| - | Founding | 868 |
| - | Re-founding | 1095 |
| - | De facto sovereignty | 24 June 1128 |
| - | Kingdom | 25 July 1139 |
| - | Recognized | 5 October 1143 |
| - | Papal Recognition | 23 May 1179 |
| - | Republic | 5 October 1910 |
| - | Democracy | 25 April 1974 |
| Area |
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| - | Total | 92,212[2] km2 (111th)
35,603 sq mi |
| - | Water (%) | 0.5 |
| Population |
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| - | 2012 estimate | 10,581,949[3] (77th) |
| - | 2011 census | 10,561,614[4] |
| - | Density | 115/km2 (96th)
298/sq mi |
| GDP (PPP) | 2011 estimate |
| - | Total | $248.981 billion[5] (49) |
| - | Per capita | $23,361[5] (41) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2011 estimate |
| - | Total | $238.880 billion[5] (42) |
| - | Per capita | $22,413[5] (35) |
| Gini (2009) | 33.7[6] |
| HDI (2011) |  0.809[7] (very high) (41st) |
| Currency | Euro (€)2 (EUR) |
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| Time zone | WET(UTC+0) |
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| - | Summer (DST) | WEST (UTC+1) |
| Note that the Azores are in a different timezone |
| Date formats | dd-mm-yyyy, yyyy-mm-dd, yyyy/mm/dd |
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| Drives on the | right |
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| ISO 3166 code | PT |
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| Internet TLD | .pt |
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| Calling code | 351 |
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| 1 | Mirandese, spoken in some villages of the municipality of Miranda do Douro, was officially recognized in 1999 (Lei n.° 7/99 de 29 de Janeiro), since then awarding an official right-of-use Mirandese to the linguistic minority it is concerned.[8] The Portuguese Sign Language is also recognized. |
| 2 | Before 1999: Portuguese escudo. |
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