Country guide
Portugal
Capital, flag, borders and quick geography facts for Portugal.
Key facts
- Capital
- Lisbon
- Region
- Europe
- Area
- 92,090 km²
- Population
- 10,749,635
Neighboring countries
Portugal has 1 land neighbors in the country data.
Learn Portugal
Lisbon is the capital of Portugal. Cabo da Roca in Portugal is the westernmost point of mainland Europe.
Portugal covers 92,090 square kilometers and borders only Spain. Portugal's Azores archipelago is made up of nine volcanic islands that formed near the meeting point of three tectonic plates.
The Anglo-Portuguese Alliance, sealed by the Treaty of Windsor in 1386, is the oldest diplomatic alliance in the world still in force.
Trivia
- Portugal's fado is listed by UNESCO as intangible cultural heritage.
- Cabo da Roca in Portugal is the westernmost point of mainland Europe.
- Portugal's Douro Valley, formally demarcated in 1756, was the world's first wine region to receive an official regulated designation.
- The Anglo-Portuguese Alliance, sealed by the Treaty of Windsor in 1386, is the oldest diplomatic alliance in the world still in force.
- Portugal's Azores archipelago is made up of nine volcanic islands that formed near the meeting point of three tectonic plates.
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