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Full country name: Portugal
Area: 35,672 sq mi (92,389 sq km)
Population: 10.3 million
Capital city: Lisbon (pop 564,700)
People: 99% Portuguese, 1% African
Language: Portuguese
Religion: 97% Roman Catholic, 2% Protestant, 1% other
Time: GMT/UTC (winter), GMT/UTC+1 (summer)
Electricity: 220V, 50Hz
Government: Parliamentary democracy
President: Jorge Fernando Branco de Sampaio
Prime Minister: José Manuel Durão Barroso
GDP: US$105.8 billion
GDP per head: US$10,600
Annual growth: 3.3%
Inflation: 3.6%
Major industries: Textiles, footwear, wood products, metalworking, oil refining, chemicals, fish canning, wine, tourism and agriculture
Major trading partners: EU (esp. Spain, Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands & the UK), US
Member of EU: Yes
Euro zone participant: yes
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