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Capital: Lisbon
Area: 92,000 sq km / 35,521 sq ml
Language: Portuguese
Currency: Euro - formerly Escudo
Population: 10,102,022
Life expectancy: 71 (men), 78 (women)
Literacy rate: 89% (men), 82% (women)
Religions: 97% Roman Catholic
Physical features: Serra da Estrêla mountains in the north, plains in the south
Ethnic distribution: Most of the population is descended from the Caucasoid peoples who once inhabited the whole of the Iberian peninsula
Exports: Textiles, clothing, footwear, pulp and waste paper, tinned fish, electrical equipment, wine
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