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Portugal Country Profile
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Country
Formal Name: Portuguese Republic.
Short Form: Portugal.
Term for Citizen(s): Portuguese (singular and
plural);
adjective--Portuguese.
Capital: Lisbon (Portuguese, Lisboa).
Geography: 92,080 square kilometers; land area:
91,640
square kilometers; includes Azores (Portuguese, Açores)
and
Madeira Islands.
Topography: Hills and mountains north of Rio
Tejo;
rolling plains to south.
Climate: Varied with considerable rainfall and
marked
seasonal temperatures in north; dryer conditions in south
with
mild temperatures along coast but sometimes in low 40°Cs
in
interior.
Data as of January 1993
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