Religions

Roman Catholic 84.5%, other Christian 2.2%, other 0.3%, unknown 9%, none 3.9% but in 1995 Roman Catholic 94%, Protestant

Major Contributors to GDP

Natural resources such as forests cover about 34% of the country, mostly pine trees(13,500 km²), Cork Oak (6800 km²), Holm Oak (5,340 km²), and Eucalyptus (2,430 km²). Cork is a major production, Portugal produces half of the world's cork. Significant mining resources are lithium, tungsten, tin, and uranium.

Polictical

Politics in Portugal take place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the Prime Minister is the head of government, and of a multi-party system. The President of the Republic is the head of state and has several significant political powers, which he exercises often. Executive power is exercised by the Council of Ministers. Legislativ power is vested in both the government and the Assembly of the Republic. Since 1975 the party system is dominated by the social democratic Socialist Party and the liberal conservative Social Democratic Party. The Judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature.

Population

The population densitty is 10,636,888. The infant mortality rate is 4.92 deaths/1,000 live births in 2007

Imports

agricultural products, food products, oil products, chemical products, plastics and rubber, skins and leather, wood and cork, wood pulp and paper, textile materials, clothing, footwear, minerals and mineral products, base metals, machinery and tools, vehicles and other transport material, and optical and precision instruments, computer accessories and parts, semi-conductors and related devices, household goods, passenger cars new and used, and wine products

FOOD!!!!

Portuguese cuisine is characterised by rich, filling and full-flavored dishes and is closely related to Mediterranean cuisine. The influence of Portugal's former colonial possessions is also notable, especially in the wide variety of spices used. Some cuisines are called Açorda witch is like stuffing but with fish, Alheira that the duck, veal, rabbit, pork, chicken and bread, and Bacalhau dried cod cooked in very differant ways.

Holidays

25 April is Freedom Day and it celebrates the 1974 Revolution that ended the Dictatorship and started Democracy.10 June is Portugal Day that is the Nationalist Day.5 October is Republic Day that Celebrates the end of Monarchy and the beginning of the Portuguese Republic.

Climate

Lisbon has a warm climate with sunny spring and summer days it gets up to 30c or higher and in the winters are wet and windy, temperatures averaging around 10c

Geographic Location