Area: 91 985 km²
Population: 10.5 million)
Capital city: Lisbon
Currency: 1 euro = 100 cent
National day: 10 June
EU-membership: 1 January 1986 (EC)

Head of State: President Aníbal Cavaco Silva
Head of Government: Prime Minister José Sócrates
Foreign Minister: Luís Filipe Marques Amado
Government: Partido Socialista (PS, Socialist Party, 121 seats)
Parliament: Unicameral Assembly of the Republic (Assembleia da República), 230 seats;
Last general elections on 20 February 2005

GDP: € 144.0 billion (2005)
GDP per capita in PPS: € 13 650 (2005)
Economic growth in real terms: + 0.3% (2005)

Links:
Head of State: http://www.presidenciarepublica.pt
Government: http://www.portugal.gov.pt
Foreign Minister: http://www.min-nestrangeiros.pt
Parliament: http://www.parlamento.pt

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