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Lisbon. / 38.72528°N 9.15000°W / 38.72528; -9.15000. Lisbon ( / ˈlɪzbən /; Portuguese: Lisboa [liʒˈboɐ] ⓘ) [ 3] is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 567,131 as of 2023 within its administrative limits [ 4] and 2,961,177 within the metropolis. [ 5]
Module:Location map/data/Portugal Lisbon is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of Lisbon. The markers are placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map or a similar map image.
Exclusive economic zone. 1,727,408 km 2 (666,956 sq mi) Portugal is a coastal nation in western Europe, located at the western end of the Iberian Peninsula, bordering Spain (on its northern and eastern frontiers: a total of 1,215 kilometres (755 mi)). The Portuguese territory also includes a series of archipelagos in the Atlantic Ocean (the ...
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From these bases, the Portuguese engaged profitably in the slave and gold trades. Portugal enjoyed a virtual monopoly of the Atlantic slave trade for over a century, exporting around 800 slaves annually. Most were brought to the Portuguese capital Lisbon, where it is estimated black Africans came to constitute 10 percent of the population. [24]
MAAT is a cultural project for the city Lisbon that is focused on three areas - Art, Architecture, and Technology. The €20m museum sits on the River Tagus (Rio Tejo) to the west of the city centre. [2] and "one of Europe's most lyrical new museums". [3] It establishes a connection between the new building and the Tejo Power Station, one of ...
By Catarina Demony and Ana Cantero. LISBON (Reuters) - A bright comet fragment lit up the skies over parts of Spain and Portugal late on Saturday, according to the European Space Agency (ESA ...
Name used in the default map caption; image = Lisbon locator map.png The default map image, without "Image:" or "File:" top = 38.8194 Latitude at top edge of map, in decimal degrees; bottom = 38.6899 Latitude at bottom edge of map, in decimal degrees; left = -9.2743 Longitude at left edge of map, in decimal degrees; right = -9.0889 Longitude at ...