Portugal
Land of explorers, tiles and the Atlantic
Passport card
Portuguese Republic
Portugal
- Capital
- Lisbon
- Continent
- Europe
- Currency
- Euro
- Languages
- Portuguese
- People
- About 1.1 crore
- Size
- About 92,212 km²
- Leader
- Prime Minister Luís Montenegro
- Borders almost unchanged since
- 1297
- Time
- 5½ hours behind India in winter: at 12 noon in India, it is 6:30 am in Lisbon, and 7:30 am in summer
⭐ Vasco da Gama is buried in Portugal's Jerónimos Monastery.
Your Portugal stamp
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Two ways to learn
Learn about Portugal
Find it on the globe
Fly from India to Portugal
Turn the globe with your finger. Portugal has 1 neighbour on land: tap one to visit it.
Compare with India
Portugal and India, side by side
Both are drawn to the same scale.
- SizeIndia is about 36 times the size of Portugal.
- PeopleIndia has about 130 times as many people: about 146 crore in India and about 1.1 crore in Portugal.
- DistanceLisbon is about 7,800 km from Delhi, in a straight line.
- TimePortugal is 5½ hours behind India in winter. When it is 12 noon in India, it is 6:30 am in Lisbon, or 7:30 am in summer.
Test yourself
Quiz Me
30 questions on Portugal, a fresh mix every time you play. Answer one at a time and see why straight away.
Fly through 30 questions on Portugal
- A fresh mix from the country's 100 questions, every round.
- See the right answer and why, straight away.
- Score 18 or more to earn Portugal's passport stamp.
Map puzzle
Put Portugal back on the map
Portugal and its neighbour have fallen off the map. Can you put them both back?
Big neighbours stop at the edge of this map.
Drag each piece to its place on the map, or tap a piece and then tap its place.
For parents and teachers
Free Portugal worksheet
One page to print: colour the flag, name the neighbours, fill in the blanks and more. The answers are at the bottom, upside down.
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