Football Guide

Location:

Between parallels 37º and 42º latitude north and meridians
6º and 9,5º longitude west of Greenwich

Area:

Mainland: 88,705 Km2

Autonomous Regions:

2,333 Km2 (Azores)
88,705 Km2 (Madeira)

Population:

10,358 thousands (2001)

Active Population:

5,341 thousands (2001)

Population Density:

Per sq. Km: 112 (2001)

Official Name:

Portuguese Republic

Capital:

Lisbon

District Capitals:

Aveiro, Beja, Braga, Bragança, Castelo Branco, Coimbra, Évora, Faro, Funchal (Madeira), Guarda, Leiria, Ponta Delgada (Açores), Portalegre, Porto, Santarém, Setúbal, Viana do Castelo, Vila Real and Viseu

System of Government:

Republic

Main Religion:

Catholic

Member of:

UNO, OECD, EUROPEAN COUNCIL, EU, NATO

Language:

Portuguese

Currency:

Euro (Subunit: 100 centimes)
1 Euro = 200,482 PTE (fixed rate since January 1999)
1 Euro = 1.24 USD (March 2004)

GDP:

1,229,006 million EUR (2001)

GDP per capita:

11,968 EUR (2001)

Sources: INE - National Institute of Statistics , Department of Finance