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NameSilves
Geographical TypeLocality
Population10917
Latitude
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CountryPortugal
Administrative DivisionAlgarve
Dictionary Results for Portugal:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
Portugal
    n 1: a republic in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula;
         Portuguese explorers and colonists in the 15th and 16th
         centuries created a vast overseas empire (including Brazil)
         [syn: Portugal, Portuguese Republic]

2. CIA World Factbook 2002
Portugal

   Introduction Portugal
   ---------------------
                            Background: Following its heyday as a world
                                        power during the 15th and 16th
                                        centuries, Portugal lost much of its
                                        wealth and status with the
                                        destruction of Lisbon in a 1755
                                        earthquake, occupation during the
                                        Napoleonic Wars, and the
                                        independence in 1822 of Brazil as a
                                        colony. A 1910 revolution deposed
                                        the monarchy; for most of the next
                                        six decades repressive governments
                                        ran the country. In 1974, a left-
                                        wing military coup installed broad
                                        democratic reforms. The following
                                        year Portugal granted independence
                                        to all of its African colonies.
                                        Portugal entered the EC (now the
                                        EU)in 1985.
  
   Geography Portugal
   ------------------
                              Location: Southwestern Europe, bordering the
                                        North Atlantic Ocean, west of Spain
                Geographic coordinates: 39 30 N, 8 00 W
                        Map references: Europe
                                  Area: total: 92,391 sq km
                                        land: 91,951 sq km
                                        note: includes Azores and Madeira
                                        Islands
                                        water: 440 sq km
                    Area - comparative: slightly smaller than Indiana
                       Land boundaries: total: 1,214 km
                                        border countries: Spain 1,214 km
                             Coastline: 1,793 km
                       Maritime claims: contiguous zone: 24 NM
                                        territorial sea: 12 NM
                                        continental shelf: 200-m depth or to
                                        the depth of exploitation
                                        exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
                               Climate: maritime temperate; cool and rainy
                                        in north, warmer and drier in south
                               Terrain: mountainous north of the Tagus
                                        River, rolling plains in south
                    Elevation extremes: lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
                                        highest point: Ponta do Pico (Pico
                                        or Pico Alto) on Ilha do Pico in the
                                        Azores 2,351 m
                     Natural resources: fish, forests (cork), tungsten, iron
                                        ore, uranium ore, marble, arable
                                        land, hydropower
                              Land use: arable land: 20.57%
                                        permanent crops: 7.74%
                                        other: 71.69% (1999 est.)
                        Irrigated land: 6,320 sq km (1998 est.)
                       Natural hazards: Azores subject to severe earthquakes
          Environment - current issues: soil erosion; air pollution caused
                                        by industrial and vehicle emissions;
                                        water pollution, especially in
                                        coastal areas
            Environment - international party to: Air Pollution,
                            agreements: Biodiversity, Climate Change,
                                        Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol,
                                        Desertification, Endangered Species,
                                        Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea,
                                        Marine Dumping, Marine Life
                                        Conservation, Ozone Layer
                                        Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical
                                        Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94,
                                        Wetlands
                                        signed, but not ratified: Air
                                        Pollution-Persistent Organic
                                        Pollutants, Air Pollution-Volatile
                                        Organic Compounds, Environmental
                                        Modification, Nuclear Test Ban
                      Geography - note: Azores and Madeira Islands occupy
                                        strategic locations along western
                                        sea approaches to Strait of
                                        Gibraltar
  
   People Portugal
   ---------------
                            Population: 10,084,245 (July 2002 est.)
                         Age structure: 0-14 years: 16.9% (male 875,485;
                                        female 827,670)
                                        15-64 years: 67.3% (male 3,324,215;
                                        female 3,463,301)
                                        65 years and over: 15.8% (male
                                        644,761; female 948,813) (2002 est.)
                Population growth rate: 0.18% (2002 est.)
                            Birth rate: 11.5 births/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                            Death rate: 10.21 deaths/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                    Net migration rate: 0.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population
                                        (2002 est.)
                             Sex ratio: at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female
                                        under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
                                        15-64 years: 0.96 male(s)/female
                                        65 years and over: 0.68 male(s)/
                                        female
                                        total population: 0.93 male(s)/
                                        female (2002 est.)
                 Infant mortality rate: 5.84 deaths/1,000 live births (2002
                                        est.)
              Life expectancy at birth: total population: 76.14 years
                                        female: 79.87 years (2002 est.)
                                        male: 72.65 years
                  Total fertility rate: 1.48 children born/woman (2002 est.)
      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.74% (1999 est.)
     HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/ 36,000 (1999 est.)
                                  AIDS:
                     HIV/AIDS - deaths: 280 (1999 est.)
                           Nationality: noun: Portuguese (singular and
                                        plural)
                                        adjective: Portuguese
                         Ethnic groups: homogeneous Mediterranean stock;
                                        citizens of black African descent
                                        who immigrated to mainland during
                                        decolonization number less than
                                        100,000; since 1990 East Europeans
                                        have entered Portugal
                             Religions: Roman Catholic 94%, Protestant
                                        (1995)
                             Languages: Portuguese
                              Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read
                                        and write
                                        total population: 87.4%
                                        male: NA%
                                        female: NA%
  
   Government Portugal
   -------------------
                          Country name: conventional long form: Portuguese
                                        Republic
                                        conventional short form: Portugal
                                        local long form: Republica
                                        Portuguesa
                                        local short form: Portugal
                       Government type: parliamentary democracy
                               Capital: Lisbon
              Administrative divisions: 18 districts (distritos, singular -
                                        distrito) and 2 autonomous regions*
                                        (regioes autonomas, singular -
                                        regiao autonoma); Aveiro, Acores
                                        (Azores)*, Beja, Braga, Braganca,
                                        Castelo Branco, Coimbra, Evora,
                                        Faro, Guarda, Leiria, Lisboa,
                                        Madeira*, Portalegre, Porto,
                                        Santarem, Setubal, Viana do Castelo,
                                        Vila Real, Viseu
                          Independence: 1143 (independent republic
                                        proclaimed 5 October 1910)
                      National holiday: Portugal Day, 10 June (1580)
                          Constitution: 25 April 1976, revised 30 October
                                        1982, 1 June 1989, 5 November 1992,
                                        and 3 September 1997
                          Legal system: civil law system; the Constitutional
                                        Tribunal reviews the
                                        constitutionality of legislation;
                                        accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction,
                                        with reservations
                              Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
                      Executive branch: chief of state: President Jorge
                                        SAMPAIO (since 9 March 1996)
                                        note: there is also a Council of
                                        State that acts as a consultative
                                        body to the president
                                        head of government: Prime Minister
                                        Jose Manuel DURAO Barroso (since 6
                                        April 2002)
                                        cabinet: Council of Ministers
                                        appointed by the president on the
                                        recommendation of the prime minister
  
                                        elections: president elected by
                                        popular vote for a five-year term;
                                        election last held 14 January 2001
                                        (next to be held NA January 2006);
                                        following legislative elections, the
                                        leader of the majority party or
                                        leader of a majority coalition is
                                        usually appointed prime minister by
                                        the president
                                        election results: Jorge SAMPAIO
                                        reelected president; percent of vote
                                        - Jorge SAMPAIO (Socialist) 55.8%,
                                        Joaquim FERREIRA Do Amaral (Social
                                        Democrat) 34.5%, Antonio ABREU
                                        (Communist) 5.1%
                    Legislative branch: unicameral Assembly of the Republic
                                        or Assembleia da Republica (230
                                        seats; members are elected by
                                        popular vote to serve four-year
                                        terms)
                                        elections: last held 17 March 2002
                                        (next to be held NA 2006)
                                        election results: percent of vote by
                                        party - PSD 40.1%, PS 37.8%, PP
                                        8.7%, PCP/PEV 6.9%, The Left Bloc
                                        2.7%; seats by party - PSD 105, PS
                                        96, PP 14, PCP/PEV 12, The Left Bloc
                                        3
                       Judicial branch: Supreme Court or Supremo Tribunal de
                                        Justica (judges appointed for life
                                        by the Conselho Superior da
                                        Magistratura)
         Political parties and leaders: The Greens or PEV [no leader];
                                        Popular Party or PP [Paulo PORTAS];
                                        Portuguese Communist Party/The
                                        Greens or PCP/PEV [Carlos
                                        CARVALHAS]; Portuguese Socialist
                                        Party or PS [Eduardo Ferro
                                        RODRIGUES]; Social Democratic Party
                                        or PSD [Jose Manuel DURAO Barroso];
                                        United Democratic Coalition or CDU
                                        [leader NA]; The Left Bloc [no
                                        leader]
          Political pressure groups and NA
                               leaders:
             International organization AfDB, Australia Group, BIS, CCC, CE,
                         participation: CERN, EAPC, EBRD, ECE, ECLAC, EIB,
                                        EMU, ESA, EU, FAO, IADB, IAEA, IBRD,
                                        ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IEA,
                                        IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF,
                                        IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU,
                                        LAIA (observer), MINURSO, NAM
                                        (guest), NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS
                                        (observer), OECD, OPCW, OSCE, PCA,
                                        UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNMIBH,
                                        UNMIK, UNMOP, UNTAET, UPU, WCL, WEU,
                                        WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO, ZC
   Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Joao
                                        Alberto Bacelar ROCHA PARIS
                                        consulate(s): Los Angeles, New
                                        Bedford (Massachusetts), Providence
                                        (Rhode Island)
                                        consulate(s) general: Boston, New
                                        York, Newark (New Jersey), and San
                                        Francisco
                                        FAX: [1] (202) 462-3726
                                        telephone: [1] (202) 328-8610
                                        chancery: 2125 Kalorama Road NW,
                                        Washington, DC 20008
     Diplomatic representation from the chief of mission: Ambassador-
                                    US: designate John N. PALMER
                                        embassy: Avenida das Forcas Armadas,
                                        1600-081 Lisbon
                                        mailing address: PSC 83, APO AE
                                        09726
                                        telephone: [351] (21) 727-3300
                                        FAX: [351] (21) 727-9109
                                        consulate(s): Ponta Delgada (Azores)
                      Flag description: two vertical bands of green (hoist
                                        side, two-fifths) and red (three-
                                        fifths) with the Portuguese coat of
                                        arms centered on the dividing line
  
   Economy Portugal
   ----------------
                    Economy - overview: Portugal has become a diversified
                                        and increasingly service-based
                                        economy since joining the European
                                        Community in 1986. Over the past
                                        decade, successive governments have
                                        privatized many state-controlled
                                        firms and liberalized key areas of
                                        the economy, including the financial
                                        and telecommunications sectors. The
                                        country qualified for the European
                                        Monetary Union (EMU) in 1998 and
                                        began circulating its new currency,
                                        the euro, on 1 January 2002 along
                                        with 11 other EU member economies.
                                        Economic growth has been above the
                                        EU average for much of the past
                                        decade, but GDP per capita stands at
                                        just 75% of that of the leading EU
                                        economies. The government has failed
                                        to reign in a widening deficit and
                                        to advance structural reforms needed
                                        to boost Portugal's economic
                                        competitiveness. A poor educational
                                        system, in particular, has been an
                                        obstacle to greater productivity and
                                        growth. Portugal has been
                                        increasingly overshadowed by lower-
                                        cost producers in Central Europe and
                                        Asia as a target for foreign direct
                                        investment.
                                   GDP: purchasing power parity - $174.1
                                        billion (2001 est.)
                GDP - real growth rate: 1.7% (2001 est.)
                      GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $17,300
                                        (2001 est.)
           GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 3.8%
                                        industry: 30.5%
                                        services: 65.7% (2000)
         Population below poverty line: NA%
     Household income or consumption by lowest 10%: 3.1%
                      percentage share: highest 10%: 28.4% (1995 est.)
   Distribution of family income - Gini 35.6 (1994-95)
                                 index:
      Inflation rate (consumer prices): 4.4% (2001 est.)
                           Labor force: 5.1 million (2000)
           Labor force - by occupation: services 60%, industry 30%,
                                        agriculture 10% (1999 est.)
                     Unemployment rate: 4.4% (2001 est.)
                                Budget: revenues: $45 billion
                                        expenditures: $48 billion, including
                                        capital expenditures of $NA (2001
                                        est.)
                            Industries: textiles and footwear; wood pulp,
                                        paper, and cork; metalworking; oil
                                        refining; chemicals; fish canning;
                                        wine; tourism
     Industrial production growth rate: 2.4% (2001 est.)
              Electricity - production: 43.242 billion kWh (2000)
    Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 70.03%
                                        hydro: 25.91%
                                        other: 4.06% (2000)
                                        nuclear: 0%
             Electricity - consumption: 41.146 billion kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - exports: 3.767 billion kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - imports: 4.698 billion kWh (2000)
                Agriculture - products: grain, potatoes, olives, grapes;
                                        sheep, cattle, goats, poultry, beef,
                                        dairy products
                               Exports: $24.8 billion (f.o.b., 2001)
                 Exports - commodities: clothing and footwear, machinery,
                                        chemicals, cork and paper products,
                                        hides
                    Exports - partners: EU 79% (Spain 19%, Germany 18%,
                                        France 13%, UK 11%, Benelux 6%), US
                                        6% (2000)
                               Imports: $37.8 billion (f.o.b., 2001)
                 Imports - commodities: machinery and transport equipment,
                                        chemicals, petroleum, textiles,
                                        agricultural products
                    Imports - partners: EU 74% (Spain 25%, Germany 14%,
                                        France 11%, Italy 7%, UK 6%), US 3%,
                                        Japan 3% (2000)
                       Debt - external: $13.1 billion (1997 est.)
                  Economic aid - donor: ODA, $271 million (1995)
                              Currency: euro (EUR); Portuguese escudo (PTE)
                                        note: on 1 January 1999, the
                                        European Monetary Union introduced
                                        the euro as a common currency to be
                                        used by financial institutions of
                                        member countries; on 1 January 2002,
                                        the euro became the sole currency
                                        for everyday transactions within the
                                        member countries
                         Currency code: EUR; PTE
                        Exchange rates: euros per US dollar - 1.1324
                                        (January 2002), 1.1175 (2001),
                                        1.0854 (2000), 0.9386 (1999);
                                        Portuguese escudos per US dollar -
                                        180.10 (1998), 175.31 (1997)
                           Fiscal year: calendar year
  
   Communications Portugal
   -----------------------
        Telephones - main lines in use: 5.3 million (yearend 1998)
          Telephones - mobile cellular: 3,074,194 (1999)
                      Telephone system: general assessment: undergoing rapid
                                        development in recent years,
                                        Portugal's telephone system, by the
                                        end of 1998, achieved a state-of-
                                        the-art network with broadband,
                                        high-speed capabilities and a main
                                        line telephone density of 53%
                                        domestic: integrated network of
                                        coaxial cables, open wire, microwave
                                        radio relay, and domestic satellite
                                        earth stations
                                        international: 6 submarine cables;
                                        satellite earth stations - 3
                                        Intelsat (2 Atlantic Ocean and 1
                                        Indian Ocean), NA Eutelsat;
                                        tropospheric scatter to Azores; note
                                        - an earth station for Inmarsat
                                        (Atlantic Ocean region) is planned
              Radio broadcast stations: AM 47, FM 172 (many are repeaters),
                                        shortwave 2 (1998)
                                Radios: 3.02 million (1997)
         Television broadcast stations: 62 (plus 166 repeaters)
                                        note: includes Azores and Madeira
                                        Islands (1995)
                           Televisions: 3.31 million (1997)
                 Internet country code: .pt
     Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 16 (2000)
                        Internet users: 2 million (2001)
  
   Transportation Portugal
   -----------------------
                              Railways: total: 2,850 km
                                        broad gauge: 2,576 km 1.668-m gauge
                                        (623 km electrified; 426 km double-
                                        tracked)
                                        narrow gauge: 274 km 1.000-m gauge
                                        (2001)
                              Highways: total: 68,732 km
                                        paved: 59,110 km (including 797 km
                                        of expressways)
                                        unpaved: 9,622 km (1999)
                             Waterways: 820 km
                                        note: relatively unimportant to
                                        national economy, used by shallow-
                                        draft craft limited to 300 metric-
                                        ton or less cargo capacity
                             Pipelines: crude oil 22 km; petroleum products
                                        58 km; natural gas 700 km
                                        note: the secondary lines for the
                                        natural gas pipeline that will be
                                        300 km long have not yet been built
                     Ports and harbors: Aveiro, Funchal (Madeira Islands),
                                        Horta (Azores), Leixoes, Lisbon,
                                        Porto, Ponta Delgada (Azores), Praia
                                        da Vitoria (Azores), Setubal, Viana
                                        do Castelo
                       Merchant marine: total: 140 ships (1,000 GRT or over)
                                        totaling 1,001,440 GRT/1,519,701 DWT
  
                                        ships by type: bulk 10, cargo 71,
                                        chemical tanker 17, container 10,
                                        liquefied gas 8, multi-functional
                                        large-load carrier 1, petroleum
                                        tanker 10, refrigerated cargo 1,
                                        roll on/roll off 6, short-sea
                                        passenger 4, vehicle carrier 2
                                        note: includes some foreign-owned
                                        ships registered here as a flag of
                                        convenience: Belgium 1, British
                                        Virgin Islands 1, Cyprus 1, Denmark
                                        6, Germany 20, Greece 1, Iceland 1,
                                        Italy 16, Lebanon 1, Liberia 1,
                                        Monaco 2, Norway 5, Panama 5, Spain
                                        22, Switzerland 8, United Kingdom 1,
                                        Virgin Islands (UK) 1 (2002 est.)
                              Airports: 67 (2001)
         Airports - with paved runways: total: 40
                                        over 3,047 m: 5
                                        2,438 to 3,047 m: 9
                                        1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
                                        914 to 1,523 m: 14
                                        under 914 m: 7 (2001)
       Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 27
                                        914 to 1,523 m: 1
                                        under 914 m: 26 (2001)
  
   Military Portugal
   -----------------
                     Military branches: Army, Navy (PON) (includes Marines),
                                        Air Force, Republican Guard
                                        (includes Fiscal Guard)
      Military manpower - military age: 20 years of age (2002 est.)
      Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 2,525,848 (2002
                                        est.)
   Military manpower - fit for military males age 15-49: 2,024,526 (2002
                               service: est.)
           Military manpower - reaching males: 71,404 (2002 est.)
                 military age annually:
         Military expenditures - dollar $1.286 billion (FY99/00)
                                figure:
     Military expenditures - percent of 2.2% (FY99/00)
                                   GDP:
  
   Transnational Issues Portugal
   -----------------------------
              Disputes - international: none
                         Illicit drugs: gateway country for Latin American
                                        cocaine and Southwest Asian heroin
                                        entering the European market;
                                        transshipment point for hashish from
                                        North Africa to Europe; consumer of
                                        Southwest Asian heroin
  
                                       



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