Visit Portugal

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