Portugal

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Portuguese Republic
National anthem	A Portuguesa
Capital	Lisbon
Official language	Portuguese
Government type	Semi-presidential republic
President of the Portuguese Republic	Anibal Cavaco Silva (before: Jorge Sampaio)
Prime-Minister	Eng. José Socrates (before: José Durão Manuel Barroso)
Area	92 931 sq km. 2 km² 58081 3 mi²
Population	10.945.870 (75th) (2006 estimate)
Population density	114/km² (66th)
HDI	0.897 (high) (29th)
Currency	Euro 4 (EUR)
Time zone	UTC Summer:EST (UTC+1)
Country codes	Internet TLD : pt Calling code : +351

Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (Portuguese: Portugal, República Portuguesa), is a country in southwestern Europe, situated in the western part of the Iberian Peninsula. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south, and by Spain to the north and east. Its capital and largest city is Lisbon.

Portugal has the oldest national border in Europe: since its formation, it has lost only Olivenza to Spain (Olivenza remains disputed: see more here).

Portugal was the pioneer in the discovery of the New World and the sea route to India, and the founder of the first and longest-lasting colonial empire (from the conquest of Ceuta to the ceding of Macau to the Chinese).