Portugal

Portugal is a modern country with strong links to its past and people of a friendly and hospitable nature. It has become an acclaimed international tourist and vacation destination due to its many beautiful beaches and long warm summers, a rich gastronomy, historical and cultural heritage.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Lisbon and Caldas da Rainha.

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is the capital of Portugal situated on seven hills at the wide mouth of the river Tagus where it meets the Atlantic Ocean. With 545,000 residents in the city and 3.0 million in the Region and a thriving mix of Portugal's rich history and vivid…

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is a city in Portugal's region, about 10 km from the Atlantic Ocean and 90 km north of . Absent from most travellers' itineraries, this charming city is a great place to experience authentic Portugal without hordes of tourists.

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is Portugal's second largest city and the capital of the , and a busy industrial and commercial centre. The city isn't very populous, but the metropolitan area has some 1.8 million inhabitants in a 50-km radius, with cities like , , and .

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Tagus Valley and Northern Portugal.

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The is a region of Portugal, along the River Tagus. The nation's capital, , lies at the mouth of the Tagus where in empties into the Atlantic Ocean.

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The North Region or is the most populous region in Portugal, ahead of Lisbon, and the third most extensive by area. The region has 3,576,205 inhabitants according to the 2017 census, and its area is 21,278 kilometres with a density of 173 inhabitants per square kilometre.

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The are three regions in central Portugal ranging from the Atlantic coast to the mountainous interior.

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The is a beautiful, mostly agricultural, region remarkable for its wide horizons, filled with soft hills that change color along the year, from deep brown to green with white, red and purple, to golden.

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The is the southernmost region of Portugal, on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. It is Portugal's most popular holiday destination due to the approximately 200 km of clean beaches, the cool, unpolluted water, and the fact that it is relatively cheap, very safe, and overall welcoming.

Portugal

  • Type: Country with 10,400,000 residents
  • Description: country in Southwestern Europe
  • Also known as: “Bút-tu-ghê”, “Cộng hòa Bồ Đào Nha”, “Lusitania”, “Phô-tô-gâ”, “Phû-thô-gâ”, “Phu-tu-ghê”, “Polthugallu”, “POR”, “Portekiz Cumhuriyeti”, “Portokal Axkayotl”, “Portugaal tääʹssväʹldd”, “Portugal täsiväldi”, “Portugala dásseváldi”, “Portugala Respubliko”, “Portugali Vabariik”, “Portugalin tasavalta”, “Portugalska republika”, “Portugalská republika”, “Portugau”, “Portugese Republiek”, “Portugiesische Republik”, “Portugiesischi Republik”, “Portuguesa”, “Portuguese Republic”, “PRT”, “pt”, “PT”, “Reprùbbigga Porthughesa”, “Repubblika Portugiża”, “Republic of Portugal”, “República de Pertual”, “República de Portugal”, “República Pertuesa”, “Republica Portugheză”, “Republica Portuguesa”, “Republika Portugal”, “République portugaise”, “Ri̱pobi̱lik A̱potugat”, “y Phortingal”, “Πορτογαλική Δημοκρατία”, “Партуґалія”, “Португалска република”, “Португальская Республика”, “Португальська Республіка”, “Република Португалия”, “الجمهورية البرتغالية”, “ߔ.ߕ”, “ߔߕߏߞߌ߫ ߞߊ߲ߓߍ߲”, “पुर्तगाल गणराज्य”, “पोर्चुगाल”, “পর্তুগিজ প্রজাতন্ত্র”, “পোর্তুগাল”, “போர்த்துகீசு”, “போர்த்துக்கல்”, “포르투갈 공화국”, “葡国”, “葡國”, “葡萄牙共和国”, “葡萄牙共和國”, and “葡萄牙民國”
  • Languages: Portuguese and Mirandese
  • Neighbors:
  • Categories: sovereign state, colonial power, country sometimes considered transcontinental, and locality
  • Location: ,
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Latitude of center
39.57° or 39° 34′ 12″ north
Longitude of center
-8.04° or 8° 2′ 24″ west
Population
10,400,000
Area
92,391 km² (35,672 miles²)
Elevation
571 metres (1,873 feet)
Capital
Currency
Euro (EUR)
Phone code
.pt
Internet domain
351
Open­Street­Map ID
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
2264397
Wiki­data ID
Q45
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In Other Languages

From Abkhazian to Zulu—“Portugal” goes by many names.
  • Abkhazian: “Португалиа”
  • Achinese: “Portugéh”
  • Adyghe: “Португалие”
  • Afrikaans: “Portugal”
  • Akan: “Pɔtugal”
  • Albanian: “Portugali”
  • Albanian: “Portugalia”
  • Algerian Arabic: “الپرتڨال”
  • Amharic: “ፖርቱጋል”
  • Amis: “Portugal”
  • Angika: “पुर्तगाल”
  • Arabic: “البرتغال”
  • Arabic: “برتغال”
  • Aragonese: “Portugal”
  • Armenian: “Պորտուգալիա”
  • Arpitan: “Portugal”
  • Assamese: “পৰ্তুগাল”
  • Asturian: “Portugal”
  • Atayal: “Portugal”
  • Atikamekw: “Portugal”
  • Avaric: “Португалия”
  • Awadhi: “पुर्तगाल”
  • Aymara: “Purtuwal”
  • Azerbaijani: “Portuqaliya”
  • Balinese: “Portugis”
  • Bambara: “Pɔritigali”
  • Bashkir: “Португалия”
  • Basque: “Portugal”
  • Batak Mandailing: “Portugal”
  • Batak Toba: “Portugal”
  • Bavarian: “Portugal”
  • Belarusian: “Партугалія”
  • Bengali: “পর্তুগাল”
  • Betawi: “Portugal”
  • Bhojpuri: “पुर्तगाल”
  • Bishnupriya: “পর্তুগাল”
  • Bislama: “Portugal”
  • Bosnian: “Portugal”
  • Breton: “Portugal”
  • Buginese: “Portugis”
  • Buginese: “ᨄᨚᨑᨈᨘᨁᨗᨔ”
  • Bulgarian: “Португалия”
  • Burmese: “ပေါ်တူဂီ”
  • Burmese: “ပေါ်တူဂီနိုင်ငံ”
  • Catalan: “Portugal”
  • Cebuano: “Portugal”
  • Central Bikol: “Portugal”
  • Central Kanuri: “Portugal”
  • Central Kurdish: “پورتوگال”
  • Chamorro: “Portugal”
  • Chavacano: “Portugal”
  • Chechen: “Португали”
  • Cherokee: “ᏉᏥᎦᎳ”
  • Cherokee: “ᏉᏧᎦᎵ”
  • Chinese: “葡萄牙”
  • Choctaw: “Poltuyal”
  • Church Slavic: “Портогалїꙗ”
  • Chuvash: “Португали”
  • Cornish: “Portyngal”
  • Corsican: “Portugallu”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Portugaliya”
  • Croatian: “Portugal”
  • Czech: “Portugalsko”
  • Dagbani: “Portugal”
  • Danish: “Portugal”
  • Dhivehi: “ޕޯޗުގަލް”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Portekiz”
  • Dotyali: “पोर्चुगल”
  • Dutch: “Portugal”
  • Dzongkha: “པོར་ཅུ་གལ་”
  • Dzongkha: “པོར་ཅུ་གཱལ”
  • Eastern Mari: “Португалий”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “پورتوجال”
  • Emilian: “Purtugàl”
  • Erzya: “Португалия Мастор”
  • Esperanto: “Portugalio”
  • Esperanto: “Portugalujo”
  • Estonian: “Portugal”
  • Ewe: “Portugal nutome”
  • Ewe: “Portugal”
  • Extremaduran: “Portugal”
  • Faroese: “Portugal”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Portugal”
  • Fijian: “Potukali”
  • Finnish: “Portugali”
  • French: “Portugal”
  • Friulian: “Portugal”
  • Fulah: “Portokeesi”
  • Fulah: “Purtugaal”
  • Gagauz: “Portugaliya”
  • Galician: “Portugal”
  • Ganda: “Portugal”
  • Ganda: “Potugaali”
  • Georgian: “პორტუგალია”
  • German: “Portugal”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Portugal”
  • Gilaki: “پؤرتۊغال”
  • Goan Konkani: “Portugal”
  • Goan Konkani: “पुर्तुगाल”
  • Goan Konkani: “पोर्तुगाल”
  • Gothic: “𐍀𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍄𐌿𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰”
  • Greek: “Πορτογαλία”
  • Guarani: “Poytuga”
  • Guianese Creole French: “Potidjal”
  • Gujarati: “પોર્ટુગલ”
  • Haitian: “Pòtigal”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Phù-thò-ngà”
  • Hausa: “Portugal”
  • Hawaiian: “Pokukala”
  • Hawaiian: “Potugala”
  • Hebrew: “פורטוגל”
  • Hebrew: “פורסוגל”
  • Hindi: “पुर्तगाल”
  • Hungarian: “Portugália”
  • Iban: “Portugal”
  • Icelandic: “Portúgal”
  • Ido: “Portugal”
  • Igbo: “Portugal”
  • Iloko: “Portugal”
  • Inari Sami: “Portugal”
  • Indonesian: “Portugal”
  • Indonesian: “Portugis”
  • Ingush: “Португали”
  • Ingush: “ФордгӀалойче”
  • Interlingua: “Portugal”
  • Interlingue: “Portugal”
  • Inupiaq: “Pausigalaq”
  • Inupiaq: “Purutchugalaq”
  • Irish: “an Phortaingéil”
  • Irish: “An Phortaingéil”
  • Italian: “Portogallo”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Puotigal”
  • Japanese: “ポルトガル”
  • Japanese: “ポルトガル共和国”
  • Javanese: “Portegal”
  • Javanese: “Portugal”
  • Jèrriais: “Portugal”
  • Jèrriais: “Portûnga”
  • Kabardian: “Португал”
  • Kabardian: “Португалэ”
  • Kabiyè: “Pɔritigaalɩ”
  • Kabuverdianu: “Purtugal”
  • Kabyle: “Portugal”
  • Kadazan Dusun: “Portugal”
  • Kalaallisut: “Portugal”
  • Kalaallisut: “Portugali”
  • Kalmyk: “Португишин Орн”
  • Kannada: “ಪೋರ್ಚುಗಲ್”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Portugaliya”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Португалия”
  • Kashmiri: “پُرتَگال”
  • Kashmiri: “پُرتِگال”
  • Kashmiri: “पुर्तगाल”
  • Kashubian: “Pòrtugalskô”
  • Kazakh: “Португалия”
  • Khmer: “ប្រទេស ព័រទុយហ្គាល់”
  • Khmer: “ព័រទុយកាល់”
  • Khmer: “ព័រទុយហ្កាល់”
  • Kikuyu: “Ureno”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Porutigali”
  • Kirghiz: “Португалия”
  • Komering: “Portugis”
  • Komi-Permyak: “Португал”
  • Komi: “Португалия”
  • Kongo: “Mputulukesi”
  • Korean: “뽀르뚜갈”
  • Korean: “포르투갈”
  • Korean: “포르트칼”
  • Kotava: “Portugala”
  • Kurdish: “Portûgal”
  • Kurdish: “پورتوگال”
  • Ladin: “Portugal”
  • Ladino: “Portugal”
  • Lak: “Португал”
  • Lao: “ປະເທດປອກຕຸຍການ”
  • Lao: “ພອລທູໂກ”
  • Latgalian: “Portugaleja”
  • Latin: “Portugallia”
  • Latvian: “Portugāle”
  • Lezghian: “Португалия”
  • Ligurian: “Portogallo”
  • Ligurian: “Portogàllo”
  • Limburgan: “Portugal”
  • Lingala: “Pulutugal”
  • Lingala: “Putúlugɛsi”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Portugal”
  • Literary Chinese: “葡萄牙”
  • Lithuanian: “Portugalija”
  • Liv: “Portugāl”
  • Livvi: “Portugalii”
  • Lojban: “potygu’e”
  • Lombard: “Portogall”
  • Lombard: “Portugàl”
  • Low German: “Portugal”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Portugalska”
  • Luba-Katanga: “Mputulugeshi”
  • Luxembourgish: “Portugal”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Portogallia”
  • Macedonian: “Португалија”
  • Madurese: “Portugal”
  • Magahi: “पुर्तगाल”
  • Maithili: “पोर्चुगल”
  • Malagasy: “Pôrtiogala”
  • Malagasy: “Pôrtogaly”
  • Malay: “Feringgi”
  • Malay: “Portugal”
  • Malay: “ڤورتوݢل”
  • Malayalam: “പോർച്ചുഗൽ”
  • Maltese: “il-Portugall”
  • Maltese: “Portugall”
  • Manipuri: “ꯄꯣꯔꯇꯨꯒꯥꯜ”
  • Manipuri: “ꯄꯣꯔꯇꯨꯒꯜ”
  • Manx: “y Phortiugal”
  • Manx: “Yn Phortiugal”
  • Maori: “Potukara”
  • Marathi: “पोर्तुगाल”
  • Mazanderani: “پرتغال”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Buò-dò̤-ngà”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Phû-tô-gâ”
  • Minangkabau: “Portugis”
  • Mingrelian: “პორტუგალია”
  • Mirandese: “Pertual”
  • Moksha: “Португалия”
  • Mongolian: “Португал”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “برطقيز”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “لبرطقيز”
  • Mossi: “Portugal”
  • N'Ko: “ߔߐ߬ߙߑߕߐ߬ߜ߭ߊߟߌ߫”
  • Nauru: “Portsiugar”
  • Navajo: “Dziil Binaashkǫ́ǫłii Bikéyah”
  • Neapolitan: “Purtuallo”
  • Neapolitan: “Purtugalle”
  • Nepali: “पोर्चुगल”
  • Nepali: “पोर्तगाल”
  • Nepali: “पोर्तुगल”
  • Newari: “पोर्चुगल”
  • Nias: “Portugal”
  • North Ndebele: “Portugal”
  • Northern Frisian: “Portugal/fe”
  • Northern Frisian: “Portugal”
  • Northern Luri: “پرتغال”
  • Northern Sami: “Portugal”
  • Northern Sami: “Portugála”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Portugal”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Portugal”
  • Norwegian: “Portugal”
  • Norwegian: “Republikken Portugal”
  • Novial: “Portugal”
  • Nupe-Nupe-Tako: “Portugal”
  • Obolo: “Pọtugalu”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Portugal”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܦܘܪܛܘܓܠ”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Portugal”
  • Oriya: “ପର୍ତ୍ତୁଗାଲ”
  • Oriya: “ପର୍ତ୍ତୁଗାଲ୍”
  • Oromo: “Poorchugaal”
  • Ossetian: “Португали”
  • Pali: “पुर्तगाल”
  • Pampanga: “Portugal”
  • Pangasinan: “Portugal”
  • Panjabi: “ਪੁਰਤਗਾਲ”
  • Papiamento: “Portugal”
  • Pedi: “Portugal”
  • Pennsylvania German: “Portugal”
  • Persian: “پرتغال”
  • Picard: “Portugal”
  • Piemontese: “Portogal”
  • Piemontese: “Portugal”
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: “Porchugal”
  • Polish: “Portugalia”
  • Pontic: “Πορτογαλία”
  • Portuguese: “Portugal”
  • Portuguese: “República Portuguesa”
  • Pushto: “پرتګال”
  • Pushto: “پورتګال”
  • Quechua: “Portugal”
  • Quechua: “Purtugal”
  • Quechua: “Purtuyal”
  • Romanian: “Portugalia”
  • Romanian: “Португалия”
  • Romansh: “Portugal”
  • Rundi: “Portugal”
  • Rundi: “Porutugali”
  • Russia Buriat: “Португал”
  • Russian: “Португалия”
  • Rusyn: “Портуґалія”
  • Sakizaya: “Portugal”
  • Samoan: “Portugal”
  • Samoan: “Potukale”
  • Samogitian: “Puortogalėjė”
  • Sango: “Pörtugäle, Ködörö Pûra”
  • Sanskrit: “पुर्तगाल”
  • Santali: “ᱯᱳᱨᱛᱩᱜᱟᱞ”
  • Saraiki: “پرتگال”
  • Sardinian: “Portogallo”
  • Sardinian: “Portugallu”
  • Sassarese Sardinian: “Porthugallu”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Portugal”
  • Scots: “Portugal”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “A‘ Phortagail”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “A’ Phortagail”
  • Serbian: “Portugalija”
  • Serbian: “Португал”
  • Serbian: “Португалија”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Portugal”
  • Shan: “မိူင်းပေႃးတူႉၵၢဝ်ႇ”
  • Shona: “Portugal”
  • Shona: “Putugaro”
  • Sicilian: “Portugallu”
  • Silesian: “Portugalijo”
  • Sindhi: “پرتگال”
  • Sindhi: “پورچوگال”
  • Sinhala: “පෘතුගාලය”
  • Skolt Sami: “Portugal”
  • Slovak: “Portugalsko”
  • Slovenian: “Portugalska”
  • Somali: “Bortugaal”
  • Somali: “Bortuqaal”
  • Somali: “Burtuqaal”
  • South Azerbaijani: “پورتوقال”
  • Southern Sami: “Pårtugaal”
  • Southern Sotho: “Portugal”
  • Spanish: “Portugal”
  • Sranan Tongo: “Portugesokondre”
  • Standard Moroccan Tamazight: “ⴱⵔⵜⵇⵇⵉⵣ”
  • Sundanese: “Portugal”
  • Swahili: “Ureno”
  • Swati: “IPhuthukezi”
  • Swedish: “Portugal”
  • Swiss German: “Portugal”
  • Sylheti: “ꠙꠞ꠆ꠔꠥꠉꠣꠟ”
  • Tachelhit: “Brtqqiz”
  • Tagalog: “Portugal”
  • Tahitian: “Pōtītī”
  • Tajik: “Португалия”
  • Talysh: “Portugalijə”
  • Talysh: “Portuqaliyə”
  • Tamil: “போர்ச்சுக்கல்”
  • Tamil: “போர்த்துகல்”
  • Taroko: “Portugal”
  • Tatar: “Португалия”
  • Telugu: “పోర్చుగల్”
  • Tetum: “Portugál”
  • Thai: “ประเทศโปรตุเกส”
  • Thai: “โปรตุเกส”
  • Thai: “สาธารณรัฐโปรตุเกส”
  • Tibetan: “པོ་ཅུ་གྷལ།”
  • Tibetan: “པོར་ཏུ་གྷལ།”
  • Tigrinya: “ፖርቱጋል”
  • Tok Pisin: “Posugol”
  • Tok Pisin: “Potugal”
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): “Potukali”
  • Tsonga: “Phochugali”
  • Tumbuka: “Portugal”
  • Tunisian Arabic: “البرتڨال”
  • Turkish: “Portekiz”
  • Turkmen: “Portugaliýa”
  • Twi: “Portugal”
  • Tyap: “Potugat”
  • Udmurt: “Португалия”
  • Uighur: “Portugaliye”
  • Uighur: “پورتۇگالىيە”
  • Ukrainian: “Португалія”
  • Ukrainian: “Портуґалія”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Portugalska”
  • Urdu: “پرتگال”
  • Uzbek: “Portugaliya”
  • Venda: “Portugal”
  • Venetian: “Portogało”
  • Veps: “Portugalii”
  • Vietnamese: “Bồ Đào Nha”
  • Vlaams: “Portugal”
  • Vlax Romani: “Portugaliya”
  • Volapük: “Portugän”
  • Võro: “Portugal”
  • Walloon: “Portugal”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Portugal”
  • Welsh: “Portiwgal”
  • Western Armenian: “Փորթուկալ”
  • Western Frisian: “Portegal”
  • Western Frisian: “Portugal”
  • Western Panjabi: “پرتگال”
  • Wolof: “Portigaal”
  • Wolof: “Portugaal”
  • Wu Chinese: “葡萄牙”
  • Xhosa: “Photshugo”
  • Yakut: “Португалия”
  • Yiddish: “פארטוגאל”
  • Yiddish: “פּארטוגאַל”
  • Yiddish: “פּאָרטוגאַל”
  • Yoruba: “Pọ́rtúgàl”
  • Yoruba: “Pọ́túgà”
  • Yue Chinese: “葡萄牙”
  • Zeeuws: “Portuhal”
  • Zhuang: “Buzdauzyaz”
  • Zulu: “i-Portugal”
  • Zulu: “IPhothugali”
  • “ma Potuke”
  • “Portokal”
  • “Portugalija”
  • “Португалија”
  • “पुर्तगाल”

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