Portugal's government is referred to as the Government of the Portuguese Republic or the Government of Portugal. It conducts politics in the country and is the superior body in public administration. Lisbon is the capital city, and other major cities include Porto, Braga, and Madonna. Soccer is the most popular sport. Jose Saramago was a Nobel Prize-winning Portuguese novelist known for his experimental style. Portugal has a long history, becoming independent in 1139 and overthrowing Spanish domination in 1640.

2. Capital: Lisbon

3. Population
map
The most
population live on
the coast

4. Current
president of
Portugal is
Aníbal Cavaco
Silva
The Government is one of the four
sovereignty organs of the
portuguese republic. It is also the
organ that conducts politics in
general in the country and is also
the superior body in public
administration. It is also referred to
as the Government of the
Portuguese Republic or the
Government of Portugal.

5. • The GDP in Portugal was worth 237.52 billion US dollars in 2011, according to a report
published by the World Bank. The GDP value of Portugal is roughly equivalent to 0.38
percent of the world economy. Historically, from 1960 until 2011, Portugal GDP averaged
74.39 Billion USD reaching an all time high of 251.93 Billion USD in December of 2008
and a record low of 3.19 Billion USD in December of 1960. The GDP measures of national
income and output for a given country's economy. The GDP is equal to the total
expenditures for all final goods and services produced within the country in a stipulated
period of time

6. Food
• Portugal is a seafaring nation with a well-developed fishing industry and this is reflected in
the amount of fish and seafood eaten
• The country has Europe's highest fish consumption per capita and is among the top four in
the world for this indicator
• Eating meat and poultry on a daily basis was historically a privilege of the upper classes.
Meat was a staple at a nobleman's table during the Middle Ages

7. Grilled Fish and Sea Food
Traditional dry bacalhau

8. Sports
• Sports in Portugal are important in Portuguese culture.
• Soccer is the most popular sport in Portugal.

10. Major cities
• Lisbon--- is the capital city of portugal. the city was built during the
18th century and since then it has been the major city of the country.
• Madonna--- is situated in the north-western side of Lisbon the city has
huge population and is the smallest municipality of the country
• porto--- is another major city of portugal. the city has been recognized
as the one of the cultural capitals of Europe. the second largest city of
portugal is also the capital of Douro region.
• Braga--- is one of the major tourist destination of portugal. the city
features fascinating sites and some of the best museums of the country

11. Culture
Jose de Sousa Saramago was a Portuguses novelist poet playwright journalist and recipient of the
1998 nobel prize in literature
his works some of which can be seen as allegories commonly present subversive perspectives on
historic events emphasizing the human factor
Saramago’s experimental style often features long sentences at time more than a page long
He uses periods sparingly, choosing instead a loose flow of clauses joined by commas

12. History events
• Establish as kingdom by alphonso I in 1139, and recognized by the
pope in 1179, portugal remained independent until 1580, when an
invasion by Phillip II of spain brought sixty years of foreign domination
• The spanish were overthrown by a revolution in 1640 and portugal
continued as a kingdom until 1910 when the monarchy was expelled
and the first republic establish
• Portugal is now a democratic republic