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As of 2005 Portugal has 10.7 million inhabitants, of whom about 480,000 are foreigners. In the 2001 Census it had 10,356,117 inhabitants (51,7% female, 48,3% male). 1864 (MDCCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Year 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar). ... Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ...

Portugal is a fairly homogeneous country linguistically and religiously. Ethnically, the Portuguese people are mainly a combination of pre-Roman Iberian and Celtic tribes with a fair amount of Roman, Germanic (Visigoths and Suevi) and some minor elements, essentially Arab-Berbers, and Jews. Languages Portuguese Religions Predominantly Roman Catholic Related ethnic groups Galicians and other Spaniards, Italians, French The Portuguese people (Portuguese: ; literally the Portuguese) are the ethnic group or nation native to the country of Portugal, in the west of the Iberian peninsula of south-west Europe. ... The Lady of Baza, made by Iberians The Iberians were an ancient, Pre-Indo-European people who inhabited the east and southeast of the Iberian Peninsula in prehistoric and historic times. ... A Celtic cross. ... Ancient Rome was a civilization that grew from a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula circa the 9th century BC to a massive empire straddling the Mediterranean Sea. ... Migrations The Visigoths (Western Goths) were one of two main branches of the Goths, an East Germanic tribe (the Ostrogoths being the other). ... The Suebi or Suevi were a Germanic people whose origin was near the Baltic Sea . ... Languages Arabic other minority languages Religions Predomiantly Sunni Islam, as well as Shia Islam, Greek Orthodoxy, Greek Catholicism, Alawite Islam, Druzism, Ibadi Islam, and Judaism Footnotes a Mainly in Antakya. ... The Berbers (also called Imazighen, free men, singular Amazigh) are a predominantly Muslim ethnic group indigenous to the Maghreb, speaking the Berber languages of the Afroasiatic family. ...

Furthermore the demographic development is characterized by three trends: increasing longevity, decreasing birth rates and an increasing percentage of population from foreign extraction.

Today, many Eastern Europeans (especially Ukrainians, Moldavians, Romanians and Russians), as well as Brazilians, are making Portugal their home. There is a small number of Chinese. As of 2006^[1], there were 418,000 legal immigrants in Portugal (more or less 5% of the population), of which the most numerous communities originated in Cape Verde (68,000), Brazil (64,000), India (60,000), Ukraine (43,000), Angola (34,000), Guinea-Bissau (25,000), UK (18,000), Spain (16,000), and Moldova (15,000). Portuguese is spoken throughout the country, with only the villages of Miranda de Douro's Mirandese dialect recognised as a locally co-official language. Pre-1989 division between the West (grey) and Eastern Bloc (orange) superimposed on current national boundaries: Russia (dark orange), other countries of the former USSR (medium orange),members of the Warsaw pact (light orange), and other former Communist regimes not aligned with Moscow (lightest orange). ... For other uses of Moldavia or Moldova, see Moldova (disambiguation). ... Miranda do Douro is a town in Bragança, in the NE Portugal. ... The Mirandese language (LhÃ©ngua Mirandesa in Mirandese; LÃngua Mirandesa or MirandÃªs in Portuguese) is spoken in northeastern Portugal. ...

Urban organization

Metropolitan areas

As of 2001 Census, Portugal had two significant agglomerations: Lisbon Metropolitan Region and Northern Littoral Urban-Metropolitan Region (or Porto Metropolitan Agglomeration).^[2] These broader agglomerations are distinct from the political metropolitan areas of Lisbon and Porto - Grande Área Metropolitana de Lisboa and Grande Área Metropolitana do Porto. Location - Country Portugal - Region Lisboa - Subregion Grande Lisboa - District or A.R. Lisbon Mayor Carmona Rodrigues - Party PSD Area 84. ... Location - Country Portugal - Region Norte - Subregion Grande Porto - District or A.R. Porto Mayor Rui Rio - Party PSD Area 41. ... Lisbon Metropolitan Area (Portuguese: Ãrea Metropolitana de Lisboa, or AML) is a territorial zone that includes 18 municipalities (concelhos) in Portugal. ... Grande Ãrea Metropolitana do Porto (Greater Metropolitan Area of Porto) in Portugal consists of 14 municipalities that made the second biggest urban area in the country (largest to smallest, by population): Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto (the capital), Matosinhos, Gondomar, Santa Maria da Feira, Maia, Valongo, Vila do Conde, Santo...

When considering the number of inhabitants in consistent single urban areas, i.e. de facto cities in mainland Portugal, two cities had about one million inhabitants, ten others had more than 50,000 inhabitants. 14 cities had population between 40 and 20 thousand inhabitants.^[2] This table does not include cities in the Portuguese islands of Madeira and Azores in mid-Atlantic Ocean. Location - Country Portugal - Region Lisboa - Subregion Grande Lisboa - District or A.R. Lisbon Mayor Carmona Rodrigues - Party PSD Area 84. ... Location - Country Portugal - Region Norte - Subregion Grande Porto - District or A.R. Porto Mayor Rui Rio - Party PSD Area 41. ... Motto Das ilhas, as mais belas e livres(Portuguese) Of all islands, the most beautiful and free Anthem A Portuguesa(national) Hino da RegiÃ£o AutÃ³noma da Madeira(local) Capital (and largest city) Funchal Official languages Portuguese Government Autonomous region - President Alberto JoÃ£o Jardim Establishment - Settled 1420 - Autonomy... Motto (Portuguese for Rather die free than in peace subjugated) Anthem (national) (local) Capital Ponta Delgada1 Angra do HeroÃsmo2 Horta3 Largest city Ponta Delgada Official languages Portuguese Government Autonomous region - President Carlos CÃ©sar Establishment - Settled 1439 - Autonomy 1976 Area - Total 2,333 kmÂ² (n/a) 911 sq mi...

Portugal has 151 locations with city status (see List of cities in Portugal) and 533 towns (see List of towns in Portugal). Location - Country Portugal - Region Lisboa - Subregion Grande Lisboa - District or A.R. Lisbon Mayor Carmona Rodrigues - Party PSD Area 84. ... Lisbon Metropolitan Area (Portuguese: Ãrea Metropolitana de Lisboa, or AML) is a territorial zone that includes 18 municipalities (concelhos) in Portugal. ... Location - Country Portugal - Region Norte - Subregion Grande Porto - District or A.R. Porto Mayor Rui Rio - Party PSD Area 41. ... Greater Metropolitan Area of Porto, in Portuguese Grande Ãrea Metropolitana do Porto, is a metropolitan area composed of several municipalities centered in the city of Porto, in northern Portugal. ... Location - Country Portugal - Region Norte - Subregion CÃ¡vado - District or A.R. Braga Mayor Mesquita Machado - Party PS Area 183. ... Location - Country Portugal - Region Centro - Subregion Baixo Mondego - District or A.R. Coimbra Mayor Carlos EncarnaÃ§Ã£o - Party PSD Area 319. ... Location - Country Portugal - Region Lisboa - Subregion PenÃnsula de SetÃºbal - District or A.R. SetÃºbal Mayor Maria das Dores Meira - Party CDU Area 171. ... Lisbon Metropolitan Area (Portuguese: Ãrea Metropolitana de Lisboa, or AML) is a territorial zone that includes 18 municipalities (concelhos) in Portugal. ... PÃ³voa de Varzim (pron. ... Coat of Arms Vila do Conde and the Ave River. ... Greater Metropolitan Area of Porto, in Portuguese Grande Ãrea Metropolitana do Porto, is a metropolitan area composed of several municipalities centered in the city of Porto, in northern Portugal. ... Location - Country Portugal - Region Centro - Subregion Baixo Vouga - District or A.R. Aveiro Mayor Ã‰lio Maia - Party PSD-CDS Area 199. ... District or region Braga Mayor - Party MagalhÃ£es Silva PS Area 241. ... Location - Region - Subregion - District or A.R. {{{Region}}} {{{Subregion}}} Viseu Mayor - Party Fernando Ruas PSD Area 507. ... Location - Country Portugal - Region Centro - Subregion Pinhal Litoral - District or A.R. Leiria Mayor Isabel Damasceno Campos Costa - Party PSD Area 564,66 kmÂ² kmÂ² Population - Total 119,870 hab. ... Wall entrance City Hall The Hermitage of Nossa Senhora do Pé da Cruz Statue of King Afonso III Governo Civil Igreja da Sé (main church) Faros Island Faros Marina The old mercy/church and hospital in Faro Faro is both a city and a district in southern Portugal. ... Location - Country Portugal - Region Alentejo - Subregion Alentejo Central - District or A.R. Ã‰vora Mayor Ernesto Oliveira - Party PS Area 1,307. ... This is a list of cities in Portugal. ... A vila is a town in Portugal. ...

Most populated municipalities

Denotes the number of inhabitants in the municipality area; area is in km²; only for populations of over 100,000 inhabitants. Many of the municipalities of Portugal are older than the country itself. ... A square metre (US spelling: square meter) is by definition the area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 metre long. ...

Portugal's 30 largest cities by population

Portugal has 151 localities with city (cidade) status. Every city is included into a municipality (município) like those in the table above. This is a list of population by city, which means that it refers to the number of inhabitants in the city proper, excluding inhabitants from the same municipality but living outside the urban area of the city in other civil parishes (freguesias) of the municipality. In some cases, the entire municipality and the city proper cover the same territory.^[3] Look up city, City in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Municipio (Spanish and Italian) and MunicÃpio (Portuguese) are the terms used for the following subnational entities: Municipalities of Argentina Municipalities of Columbia MunicÃpio (Brazil) Municipio (Italy) Municipalities of Mexico Municipalities of Portugal Municipio (Spain) Municipalities of Venezuela Note: The municipalities of Chile are not municipios but comunas. ... A freguesia is a secondary local administrative unit in Portugal and the former Portuguese overseas province of Macao. ...

Location - Country Portugal - Region Lisboa - Subregion Grande Lisboa - District or A.R. Lisbon Mayor Carmona Rodrigues - Party PSD Area 84. ... Lisbon Metropolitan Area (Portuguese: Ãrea Metropolitana de Lisboa, or AML) is a territorial zone that includes 18 municipalities (concelhos) in Portugal. ... Map showing the location of the Grande Lisboa subregion Grande Lisboa (Greater Lisbon in English) is a Portuguese NUTS III subregion integrated in the Lisboa region. ... Location - Country Portugal - Region Norte - Subregion Grande Porto - District or A.R. Porto Mayor Rui Rio - Party PSD Area 41. ... Greater Metropolitan Area of Porto, in Portuguese Grande Ãrea Metropolitana do Porto, is a metropolitan area composed of several municipalities centered in the city of Porto, in northern Portugal. ... Map showing the location of the Grande Porto subregion Grande Porto is a Portuguese NUTS3 subregion, integrating the NUTS2 region of Norte. ... Vila Nova de Gaia is a city and municipality of Portugal. ... Greater Metropolitan Area of Porto, in Portuguese Grande Ãrea Metropolitana do Porto, is a metropolitan area composed of several municipalities centered in the city of Porto, in northern Portugal. ... Map showing the location of the Grande Porto subregion Grande Porto is a Portuguese NUTS3 subregion, integrating the NUTS2 region of Norte. ... Amadora is a city and municipality (Portuguese: concelho or município) in Portugal, in the northwest of the Lisbon metropolitan area. ... Lisbon Metropolitan Area (Portuguese: Ãrea Metropolitana de Lisboa, or AML) is a territorial zone that includes 18 municipalities (concelhos) in Portugal. ... Map showing the location of the Grande Lisboa subregion Grande Lisboa (Greater Lisbon in English) is a Portuguese NUTS III subregion integrated in the Lisboa region. ... Location - Country Portugal - Region Norte - Subregion CÃ¡vado - District or A.R. Braga Mayor Mesquita Machado - Party PS Area 183. ... Map showing the location of the CÃ¡vado subregion CÃ¡vado is a subregion that is integrated in the portuguese region of Norte. ... District or region SetÃºbal Mayor - Party EmÃlia Sousa CDU Area 70. ... Lisbon Metropolitan Area (Portuguese: Ãrea Metropolitana de Lisboa, or AML) is a territorial zone that includes 18 municipalities (concelhos) in Portugal. ... Map of the PenÃnsula de SetÃºbal subregion The PenÃnsula de SetÃºbal is a NUTS III subdivision of Lisbon Region (NUTS II), in Portugal. ... Location - Country Portugal - Region Centro - Subregion Baixo Mondego - District or A.R. Coimbra Mayor Carlos EncarnaÃ§Ã£o - Party PSD Area 319. ... Map showing the location of the Baixo Mondego subregion Baixo Mondego is a portuguese NUTS3 subregion that comprises the lower part of the Mondego river. ... Funchal at night Funchal (pron. ... Motto Das ilhas, as mais belas e livres(Portuguese) Of all islands, the most beautiful and free Anthem A Portuguesa(national) Hino da RegiÃ£o AutÃ³noma da Madeira(local) Capital (and largest city) Funchal Official languages Portuguese Government Autonomous region - President Alberto JoÃ£o Jardim Establishment - Settled 1420 - Autonomy... Location - Country Portugal - Region Lisboa - Subregion PenÃnsula de SetÃºbal - District or A.R. SetÃºbal Mayor Maria das Dores Meira - Party CDU Area 171. ... Lisbon Metropolitan Area (Portuguese: Ãrea Metropolitana de Lisboa, or AML) is a territorial zone that includes 18 municipalities (concelhos) in Portugal. ... Map of the PenÃnsula de SetÃºbal subregion The PenÃnsula de SetÃºbal is a NUTS III subdivision of Lisbon Region (NUTS II), in Portugal. ... Nickname: CacÃ©m (tough erroneous) Motto: Official website: Location [[Image:|250px||Location of Agualva-CacÃ©m]] Government Country Concelho Portugal Sintra Geographical characteristics Area Total 127 kmÂ² Land 127 kmÂ² Water 0 kmÂ² Population Total (2001) 81845 Metro area {{{population_metro}}} Density 7789. ... Lisbon Metropolitan Area (Portuguese: Ãrea Metropolitana de Lisboa, or AML) is a territorial zone that includes 18 municipalities (concelhos) in Portugal. ... Map showing the location of the Grande Lisboa subregion Grande Lisboa (Greater Lisbon in English) is a Portuguese NUTS III subregion integrated in the Lisboa region. ... There are parishes that have the name Queluz: In Brazil: Queluz, SÃ£o Paulo In Portugal: Queluz, a parish in the district of Sintra This is a disambiguation page â€” a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Lisbon Metropolitan Area (Portuguese: Ãrea Metropolitana de Lisboa, or AML) is a territorial zone that includes 18 municipalities (concelhos) in Portugal. ... Map showing the location of the Grande Lisboa subregion Grande Lisboa (Greater Lisbon in English) is a Portuguese NUTS III subregion integrated in the Lisboa region. ... Location - Country Portugal - Region Centro - Subregion Baixo Vouga - District or A.R. Aveiro Mayor Ã‰lio Maia - Party PSD-CDS Area 199. ... Map showing the location of the Baixo Vouga subregion Baixo Vouga is a NUTS3 portuguese subregion integrated in the NUTS2 Centro region. ... District or region Braga Mayor - Party MagalhÃ£es Silva PS Area 241. ... Map showing the location of the Ave subregion Ave is a subregion integrated in the larger Norte region in Portugal. ... CoA Odivelas (pron. ... Lisbon Metropolitan Area (Portuguese: Ãrea Metropolitana de Lisboa, or AML) is a territorial zone that includes 18 municipalities (concelhos) in Portugal. ... Map showing the location of the Grande Lisboa subregion Grande Lisboa (Greater Lisbon in English) is a Portuguese NUTS III subregion integrated in the Lisboa region. ... Municipality Gondomar Area 8. ... Greater Metropolitan Area of Porto, in Portuguese Grande Ãrea Metropolitana do Porto, is a metropolitan area composed of several municipalities centered in the city of Porto, in northern Portugal. ... Map showing the location of the Grande Porto subregion Grande Porto is a Portuguese NUTS3 subregion, integrating the NUTS2 region of Norte. ... Location - Region - Subregion - District or A.R. {{{Region}}} {{{Subregion}}} Viseu Mayor - Party Fernando Ruas PSD Area 507. ... DÃ£o-LafÃµes is a Portuguese NUTS III sub-region in the Centro Region. ... Image:Ponta delgada noite. ... Flag of Azores Shaded relief map of the Azores from 1975 The Azores (Portuguese: AÃ§ores) are an archipelago of Portuguese islands in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, about 1,500 km from Lisbon and about 3,900 km from the east coast of North America. ... Matosinhos is a Portuguese city and respective municipality north of Oporto, whose conurbation it belongs. ... Greater Metropolitan Area of Porto, in Portuguese Grande Ãrea Metropolitana do Porto, is a metropolitan area composed of several municipalities centered in the city of Porto, in northern Portugal. ... Map showing the location of the Grande Porto subregion Grande Porto is a Portuguese NUTS3 subregion, integrating the NUTS2 region of Norte. ... Lisbon Metropolitan Area (Portuguese: Ãrea Metropolitana de Lisboa, or AML) is a territorial zone that includes 18 municipalities (concelhos) in Portugal. ... Map of the PenÃnsula de SetÃºbal subregion The PenÃnsula de SetÃºbal is a NUTS III subdivision of Lisbon Region (NUTS II), in Portugal. ... Location - Country Portugal - Region Centro - Subregion Pinhal Litoral - District or A.R. Leiria Mayor Isabel Damasceno Campos Costa - Party PSD Area 564,66 kmÂ² kmÂ² Population - Total 119,870 hab. ... Map showing the location of the Pinhal Litoral subregion Pinhal Litoral is a NUTS3 subregion of Portugal integrating the Centro region. ... Wall entrance City Hall The Hermitage of Nossa Senhora do Pé da Cruz Statue of King Afonso III Governo Civil Igreja da Sé (main church) Faros Island Faros Marina The old mercy/church and hospital in Faro Faro is both a city and a district in southern Portugal. ... Algarve NUTS II region, and the district of Faro in Portugal. ... Location - Country Portugal - Region Alentejo - Subregion Alentejo Central - District or A.R. Ã‰vora Mayor Ernesto Oliveira - Party PS Area 1,307. ... Map showing the location of the Alentejo Central subregion Alentejo Central is a NUTS2 subregion of the Alentejo, in Portugal. ... Coat of Arms Barreiro is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 32. ... Lisbon Metropolitan Area (Portuguese: Ãrea Metropolitana de Lisboa, or AML) is a territorial zone that includes 18 municipalities (concelhos) in Portugal. ... Map of the PenÃnsula de SetÃºbal subregion The PenÃnsula de SetÃºbal is a NUTS III subdivision of Lisbon Region (NUTS II), in Portugal. ... PÃ³voa de Varzim (pron. ... Greater Metropolitan Area of Porto, in Portuguese Grande Ãrea Metropolitana do Porto, is a metropolitan area composed of several municipalities centered in the city of Porto, in northern Portugal. ... Map showing the location of the Grande Porto subregion Grande Porto is a Portuguese NUTS3 subregion, integrating the NUTS2 region of Norte. ... Municipality Valongo Area 7. ... Greater Metropolitan Area of Porto, in Portuguese Grande Ãrea Metropolitana do Porto, is a metropolitan area composed of several municipalities centered in the city of Porto, in northern Portugal. ... Map showing the location of the Grande Porto subregion Grande Porto is a Portuguese NUTS3 subregion, integrating the NUTS2 region of Norte. ... Location - Country Portugal - Region Norte - Subregion Minho-Lima - District or A.R. Viana do Castelo Mayor Defensor Moura - Party PS Area 318. ... Map showing the location of the Minho-Lima subregion Minho-Lima is a Portuguese NUTS3 subregion, belonging to Norte Region, between the rivers Minho and Lima in the northern part of Portugal. ... Maia can mean several things: Maia (mythology), in Greek mythology, is the eldest of the Pleiades, the seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione. ... Greater Metropolitan Area of Porto, in Portuguese Grande Ãrea Metropolitana do Porto, is a metropolitan area composed of several municipalities centered in the city of Porto, in northern Portugal. ... Map showing the location of the Grande Porto subregion Grande Porto is a Portuguese NUTS3 subregion, integrating the NUTS2 region of Norte. ... Location - Country Portugal - Region Centro - Subregion Cova da Beira - District or A.R. Castelo Branco Mayor Carlos Alberto Pinto - Party PSD Area 555. ... Map showing the location of the Cova da Beira subregion Cova da Beira is a NUTS3 subregion of Portugal integrated in the NUTS2 Centro region. ... PortimÃ£o is a city located in the Algarve, on the southern coast of Portugal. ... Algarve NUTS II region, and the district of Faro in Portugal. ... District Castelo Branco Mayor - Party Joaquim MorÃ£o Lopes Dias PS Area 1 439. ... Map showing the location of the Beira Interior Sul subregion Beira Interior Sul is a NUTS3 subregion of Portugal integrating the NUTS2 Centro region. ...

People

Languages Portuguese Religions Predominantly Roman Catholic Related ethnic groups Galicians and other Spaniards, Italians, French The Portuguese people (Portuguese: ; literally the Portuguese) are the ethnic group or nation native to the country of Portugal, in the west of the Iberian peninsula of south-west Europe. ...

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Also Mirandês (Mirandese language) in the area of Miranda de Douro. Portuguese ( or lÃngua portuguesa) is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia (Spain) and northern Portugal from the Latin spoken by romanized Celtiberians about 1000 years ago. ... The Mirandese language (LhÃ©ngua Mirandesa in Mirandese; LÃngua Mirandesa or MirandÃªs in Portuguese) is spoken in northeastern Portugal. ... Miranda do Douro is a town in Bragança, in the NE Portugal. ...

Immigration

In 1992, 1.3% of the population was foreigner, in 2002 the number had grown to 4%,^[4] with a significant size of illegal immigrants with unknown number. Portugal, long a country of emigration, has now become a country of net immigration, and not just from the former Indian and African colonies. Today, many Eastern Europeans (especially Ukrainians, Moldavians, Romanians and Russians), as well as Brazilians, are making Portugal their home. There is a small number of Chinese. A world map showing the continent of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. ... Maximum extent of Portuguese colonial possessions in the 16th century. ... Pre-1989 division between the West (grey) and Eastern Bloc (orange) superimposed on current national boundaries: Russia (dark orange), other countries of the former USSR (medium orange),members of the Warsaw pact (light orange), and other former Communist regimes not aligned with Moscow (lightest orange). ... For other uses of Moldavia or Moldova, see Moldova (disambiguation). ...

As of 2006^[1], there were 418,000 legal immigrants in Portugal, of which the most numerous communities originated in Cape Verde (68,000), Brazil (64,000), India (60,000), Ukraine (43,000), Angola (34,000), Guinea-Bissau (25,000), UK (18,000), Spain (16,000), and Moldova (15,000).

Religion

The great majority of the Portuguese population belongs to the Roman Catholic Church. Religious observance remains somewhat strong in northern areas, with the population of Lisbon and southern areas generally less devout. Religious minorities include a little over 300,000 Protestants. There are also about 50,000 Muslims and 10,000 Hindus. Most of them came from Goa, a former Portuguese colony on the west coast of India (Some Muslims also came from former Portuguese African colonies with important Muslim minorities: Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, and São Tomé and Príncipe). There are also about 1,000 Jews. Portugal is also home to less than 10,000 Buddhists, mostly Chinese from Macau and a few Indians from Goa. Portuguese society is overwhelmingly Roman Catholic. ... The Catholic Church in Portugal is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and curia in Rome. ... Topics in Christianity Movements Â· Denominations Ecumenism Â· Preaching Â· Prayer Music Â· Liturgy Â· Calendar Symbols Â· Art Â· Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul Â· Church Fathers Constantine Â· Athanasius Â· Augustine Anselm Â· Aquinas Â· Palamas Â· Wycliffe Tyndale Â· Luther Â· Calvin Â· Wesley Arius Â· Marcion of Sinope Pope Â· Archbishop of Canterbury Patriarch of Constantinople Christianity Portal This box: Protestantism encompasses the forms... A Muslim is a believer in or follower of Islam. ... A Hindu ( , Devanagari: à¤¹à¤¿à¤¨à¥à¤¦à¥), as per modern definition, is an adherent of the philosophies and scriptures of Hinduism, and the religious, philosophical and cultural system that originated in the Indian subcontinent. ... , Goa (Konkani: à¤—à¥‹à¤‚à¤¯ goá¹ƒya; Marathi: govÄ; Portuguese: ) is Indias smallest state in terms of area and the fourth smallest in terms of population. ... Maximum extent of Portuguese colonial possessions in the 16th century. ... This article needs additional references or sources to facilitate its verification. ...

Literacy

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Urban organization

Metropolitan areas

Most populated municipalities

Portugal's 30 largest cities by population

People

Nationality

Languages

Immigration

Religion

Literacy

Statistics

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Birth rate

Death rate

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Metropolitan areas

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Immigration

Religion

Literacy

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Birth rate

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