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SPOT Satellite image of Lisbon on the north bank of the Mar da Palha (Sea of Straw), right. The Atlantic Ocean is to the left. The history of Lisbon, the capital city of Portugal, revolves around its strategic geographical position at the mouth of the Tagus, the longest river in the Iberian Peninsula. Its spacious and sheltered natural harbour ...
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.
1179 – City receives charter. 1184 – City attacked by Muslim forces under Abu Yaqub Yusuf. [4] 1242 – Convento de São Domingos de Lisboa founded. 1256 – Lisbon becomes capital of the Kingdom of Portugal. [1] 1290 – University founded. 1300 – Castle of São Jorge renovated (approximate date). 1344 – Earthquake.
946 ha. Sintra ( / ˈsɪntrə, ˈsiːntrə /, [ 1][ 2][ 3] Portuguese: [ˈsĩtɾɐ] ⓘ) is a town and municipality in the Greater Lisbon region of Portugal, located on the Portuguese Riviera. The population of the municipality in 2021 was 385,654, [ 4] in an area of 319.23 square kilometres (123.26 sq mi). [ 5] Sintra is one of the most ...
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 ...
The history of longitude describes the centuries-long effort by astronomers, cartographers and navigators to discover a means of determining the longitude of any given place on Earth. The measurement of longitude is important to both cartography and navigation. In particular, for safe ocean navigation, knowledge of both latitude and longitude ...
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 right edge of map, in decimal degrees