Portugal


 * This page was created by Tania Rodriguez, student from the IES Parque de Lisboa (Alcorcón, Madrid)**

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Official country name:
Portuguese Republic

Year that country joied the UN :
14/12/1955

People:
They are called Portuguese
 * 1.What are the people from the country called(i.e Mali-Malian, Spain-Spanish)**

Portugues(official),Mirandese(Official, but locally used)
 * 2.What is the official language?What other languages do people speak?**

Roman Catholic 84.5%, Chrisitan 2.2%, other 0.3%, unkown 9% none 3.9%.
 * 3.What is the most practised religion?**

The population of the countri is about 10.7 million (2009)
 * 4.What is the population of the country?**

Goverment:
The name of the leader of the country is Anibel Cavaco Silva, since the 9th of March 2006.
 * 1.What is the name of the leader of the country?**

The country is ruled by a republic parliamentary democracy.Is a political system in which the legislature (parliament) selects the goverment- a prime minister premier or chancellor along with the cabinet minister- accordin to party strenght as expressed in elections, by this system, the goverment adquires a dual responsability to the people as well as to the parliament.
 * 2.What type of govermet is the coutry ruled by(i.e monarchy, democracy, dictatorship?)**

The main politicals parties are: the Democratic and the social center(Paulo Protas), the socialist party ( Jose Socrates),the social democratic party ( Pedro Manuel) etc.
 * 3.What are the main political parties of the country ( socialist party, communist party, green party, republicans, democrats, etc?)**

It was called the Kingdom of Portugal sice 1143, but the 5th of October 1910, it became independent as a republic country.
 * 4.Was your country ever a colony?If so, when did it ain its independece?**

President is elect for five years term, the las ones were in January 2006 so the next will be in January 2011.
 * 5.When Prtugal is going to hold the next elections?**

Geography:
the country is located in Southwester Europe, boarderig the North Atlantic ocean, and the west of Spain.
 * 1.Where is the country?(i.e. continentr and reion, for Central Europe or North Africa)**

West Spain border the country.
 * 2.What other nations border the country?**

There isn't any desert, there are mountains at th north of the Tagus River and rollings plains in both.
 * 3.What kid of landscape does the country have?**

Azores can produce earthquakes.
 * 4.Are there any natural hazards?**

Economy
The most common sector of employment are services (60%) for example teachers and lawyer
 * 1.What is the most common sector of employment in the country (i.e. business, agriculture and farming, goverment, jobs, etc)**

The unemployment rate in my country is 9.5% in 2009
 * 2.What is the uemployment rate in your country ( by percentage)?**

The biggest export partner is Spain with 26.25%
 * 3.What is the biggest export partner Portugal has?**

That in Prtugal Azores can produce earthquakes
 * The most surprising thing I learned about my country was :**