quarta-feira, 4 de janeiro de 2012

Portugal - Fact file

Portugal
Ø  Location: southwestern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula.
Being the westernmost country of mainland Europe, Portugal is bordered
by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east.
The Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira are also part of Portugal.
Ø  Capital (and largest city): Lisbon
Ø  Official languages: Portuguese
                                     Recognised regional languages: Mirandese

Ø  Government : Parliamentary republic
                            President: Aníbal Cavaco Silva
                            Prime Minister: Pedro Passos Coelho

Ø  Formation: June 24,1128
Founding of the first County of Portugal 868
Battle of São Mamede – June 24, 1128
Kingdom – 25th July 1139
Recognized – 5th October 1143
Republic – 5th October 1910
Carnation Revolution – 25th April 1974
Ø  European Union Accession: 1st January 1996

Ø  Currency: euro
Ø  Climate: Oceanic in the north and Mediterranean in the south. Spring and
Summer are sunny, whereas Autumn and Winter are rainy and windy.
Snow falls occasionally (on some cold winter days) in the northern interior of
 the country.
          Annual temperature averages: in mainland Portugal are 13 °C (55 °F) in
the north and 18 °C (64 °F) in the south.
Ø Geography: The northern landscape: mountainous in the interior
 areas, with plateaus indented by river valleys. The south - between
the Tagus and the Algarve (the Alentejo)- mostly rolling plains.
 The Algarve is separated from the Alentejo by mountains.
     Main river: Tagus
Ø  Economy: based on industries such as textiles, clothing, footwear,
cork and wood products, beverages (wine), porcelain and earthenware,
and glass and glassware. Tourism is also important, especially
in mainland Portugal's southernmost region of the Algarve
and in the Atlantic Madeira archipelago.
Ø  Religion: Portuguese society is mainly Roman Catholic. 84% of the
population are nominally Roman Catholic, but only about 19% attend mass
and take the sacraments regularly. A larger number wish to be baptized,
married in the church, and receive last rites.
Ø  Famous people: Figo ( a football player), Amália Rodrigues (a Fado singer),
 Blasted Mechanism and The Gift (bands nominated for a MTV Music Award),
José Saramago, (winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize for literature),
Joaquim de Almeida (actor), Maria de Medeiros (actress) and many others.

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