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Capital: lisbon
Country name
: conventional long form: portuguese republic conventional short form: portugal local long form: republica portuguesa local short form: portugal
National holiday: portugal day (day of portugal). 10 june (1580); note - also called camoes day. the day that revered national poet luis de camoes (1524-80) died
Government type
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parliamentary democracy
Administrative divisions: 18 districts (distritos. singular - distrito) and 2 autonomous regions* (regioes autonomas. singular - regiao autonoma); aveiro. acores (azores)*. beja. braga. braganca. castelo branco. coimbra. evora. faro. guarda. leiria. lisboa. madeira*. portalegre. porto. santarem. setubal. viana do castelo. vila real. viseu |
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Independence:
1143 (kingdom of portugal recognized); 5 october 1910 (independent republic proclaimed)
Political parties and leaders: green ecologist party or pev [heloisa apolonia]; popular party or pp [jose ribeiro e castro]; portuguese communist party or pcp [jeronimo de sousa]; portuguese socialist party or ps [jose socrates carvalho pinto de sousa]; social democratic party or psd [luis marques mendes]; the left bloc or be [franciso anacleto louca]; unitarian democratic coalition or cdu [jeronimo de sousa]; includes pev and pcp
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Political pressure groups and leaders:
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International organization participation
: afdb. asdb. australia group. bis. ce. cern. eapc. ebrd. eib. emu. esa. eu. fao. iadb. iaea. ibrd. icao. icc. icct. icftu. icrm. ida. iea. ifad. ifc. ifrcs. iho. ilo. imf. imo. interpol. ioc. iom. iso. itu. laia (observer). miga. nato. nea. nsg. oas (observer). oecd. onub. opcw. osce. pca. un. unctad. unesco. unido. upu. wcl. wco. weu. wftu. who. wipo. wmo. wtoo. wto. zc
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