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There are 17 World Heritage Sites listed in Portugal, with a further 18 on the tentative list. The first four sites listed in Portugal were the Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon, the Monastery of Batalha, the Convent of Christ in Tomar, and the town of Angra do Heroísmo, in 1983. The most recent additions to the list ...
Name Origin Type Number Image Notes SCS – Soldier Combat System Portugal Bulletproof vest, Combat helmet, Uniform, Gloves +12.000 In 2019, the new uniform began to be distributed gradually in some units, which includes a new standard, ballistic helmets, protective glasses, maxillofacial protection, ballistic vests, Kevlar elbow pads, protective gloves, watches and physiological monitors on ...
Administrative divisions of continental Portugal, including districts, NUTS and historical provinces. This is the list of the municipalities of Portugal under the NUTS 2 and NUTS 3 format. The NUTS 3 regions were revised in 2015; since then, the subregions (NUTS 3) coincide with the intermunicipal communities.
Castle of Alfândega da Fé ( Alfândega da Fé, Alfândega da Fé) Castle of Algoso ( Algoso, Campo de Víboras e Uva, Vimioso) Castle of Balsamão ( Chacim, Macedo de Cavaleiros) Castle of Bemposta ( Bemposta, Mogadouro) Castle of Bragança ( Sé, Santa Maria e Meixedo, Bragança) Castle of Chaves ( Santa Maria Maior, Chaves)
Portugal was a full member of the Latin Union (1983) and the Organization of Ibero-American States (1949). It has a friendship alliance and dual citizenship treaty with its former colony, Brazil. Portugal and the United Kingdom share the world's oldest active military accord through their Anglo-Portuguese Alliance (Treaty of Windsor), signed in ...
This list provides an overview of the locomotives and railcars of the Portuguese railways, that is, the traction stock of earlier private railways, the state-owned Comboios de Portugal (CP) and its predecessor, the municipal Metropolitano Ligeiro de Mirandela and the two private transport companies Fertagus and Takargo Rail .
Exclusive economic zone. 1,727,408 km 2 (666,956 sq mi) Portugal is a coastal nation in western Europe, located at the western end of the Iberian Peninsula, bordering Spain (on its northern and eastern frontiers: a total of 1,215 kilometres (755 mi)). The Portuguese territory also includes a series of archipelagos in the Atlantic Ocean (the ...
After having decreased by 2.27% by 2018, the total population of Portugal started to grow again, mainly sustained by growing immigration and slightly increasing birth rates. [5] [6] By 2023, the total population had already surpassed the 2009 peak. Portugal is a fairly linguistically and religiously homogeneous country.