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You're on the shores of the Dead Sea, at 410 meters below sea level: the lowest point on the globe - and the saltiest sea on earth. What's more, it's impossible to sink, because you can only float.
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State: Republic
Government: pluralist democracy; semi-presidential system made up of a president, prime minister and a 230-member assembly
Capital: Lisbon
Currency: escudo (1 escudo = 100 centavos)
Languages spoken: Portuguese
Religion: Catholic
Climate: follows the vagaries of the Atlantic. There is more rain in central regions; most falls in April.
Summer lasts until October; winters are mild, except in the mountains.
Principal industries: World’s foremost cork producer
Agriculture: Large producer of wine and port
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