Portugal is located in the far Southwest part of Europe; it is on the Iberian Peninsula and is the farthest country to the west in the mainland Europe. The Largest city in Portugal, Lisbon, also happens to be the capital. Anibal Cavaco Silva is the Prime minister of the country. The Population of Portugal has been slowly decreasing since 2004. Portugal is one of the most visited countries in the world, with an average of 13 million tourists a year.
The capital of Portugal is Lisbon. Lisbon attracts the most tourists in Portugal; it had around 7 million tourists a year. Although 7 million seems like a lot that number as actually grown since 2006. With Lisbon accounting for over half of the tourist the country sees about 13 million people per year. Portugal’s tourism rate is slightly greater than their population which is at 10.6 million. I think that Portugal would be an awesome vacation place because of all the beaches and scenery throughout the country. Portugal has many ethnic groups including Mediterranean, Muslim, and African American. I think that the reason they have Muslims is because they live by countries that have a lot.
Portugal is one of the oldest countries in Europe. On June 24 1128 Portugal started its journey to independence with the Battle of Sao Mamade. In 1385 Portugal became its own country, and wrote its first constitution on April 25th 1976, the same day as their independence day. Now Portugal’s government is a parliamentary partycracy in which a party selects the representatives for the country. The president of the country is Anibal Cavavo Silva who was elected into presidency on March 9th 2006, and the Prime Minister is Pedro Passos Coehlo who has been in the position since March 12 of 2010.
The GDP of Portugal is $275 billion and it is growing at a rate of $-0.3. Unemployment is increasing very fast in the country. Portugal was one of the founding countries of the program NATO. The United States is one of Portugal’s good allies. I think that Portugal is one of the big peacekeepers in Europe and try to get along with everyone.
This is the President Anibal Cavaco.
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Well done Dillon!