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area: 35,556 sq miles
(92,090 sq km)
Population: 10,825,000
capital: Lisbon
Language: Portuguese
Religions: Roman
Catholic, Protestant
currency: Euro
Main occupations:
Finance, tourism,
manufacturing,
agriculture
Main exports: Clothes,
shoes, wine, tomatoes,
citrus fruit, cork, sardines,
tungsten, copper, tin
Main import: OilCERamiCs
This glazed, ceramic
azulejos tile comes from
the minho in the north.
These tiles, painted with
pictorial scenes, have
been used for centuries
to decorate walls.FaRming
On the whole, the land
in Portugal is fertile and well-
watered, although in the far south
it is very arid. a wide range of
crops are grown: wheat, rye, oats,
barley, olives, figs, grapes, and
tomatoes. goats and sheep are
found throughout Portugal and
are well adapted to the arid south.
most farms are small, family-
owned, and use very traditional
farming methods. in the alentejo
region in the south (below), some
of the land is being successfully
farmed by village cooperatives.Fishing
Fishing has always been important in
Portugal, and many fishing villages are
located along its long atlantic coast.
small fishing boats net large catches of
tuna, anchovies, sardines, oysters, and
mackerel, which are then processed in
coastal factories. Portugal has become a
major exporter of canned sardines. The
national Portuguese dish is bacalhau—dried,
salted cod—which is caught by offshore
Portuguese fleets in the atlantic.PortugalUS_421_PORTUGAL_2.indd 421 09/02/16 5:28 pm