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Capitale	nome: Lisbon coordinate geografiche: 38 43 N, 9 08 W differenza di tempo: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October note: Portugal has two time zones, including the Azores (UTC-1) etymology: Lisbon is one of Europe's oldest cities (the second oldest capital city after Athens) and the origin of the name is lost in time; it may have been founded as an ancient Celtic settlement that subsequently maintained close commercial relations with the Phoenicians (beginning about 1200 B.C.); the name of the settlement may have been derived from the pre-Roman appellation for the Tagus River that runs through the city, Lisso or Lucio; the Romans named the city "Olisippo" when they took it from the Carthaginians in 205 B.C.; under the Visigoths the city name became "Ulixbona," under the Arabs it was "al-Ushbuna"; the medieval version of "Lissabona" became today's Lisboa
Indipendenza	1143 (Kingdom of Portugal recognized); 1 Dicembre 1640 (independence reestablished following 60 years of Spanish rule); 5 Ottobre 1910 (republic proclaimed)
Festa nazionale	Portugal Day (Dia de Portugal), 10 Giugno (1580); note - also called Camoes Day, the day that revered national poet Luis DE CAMOES (1524-80) died
Costituzione	history: several previous; latest adopted 2 Aprile 1976, effective 25 Aprile 1976 amendments: proposed by the Assembly of the Republic; adoption requires two-thirds majority vote of Assembly members; amended several times, last in 2005 (2016)
Suffragio	18 anni; universal
Ramo esecutivo	capo dello stato: Presidente Marcelo REBELO DE SOUSA (da allora 9 March 2016) capo di governo: Prime Minister Antonio Luis Santos da COSTA (da allora 24 November 2015) cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president on the recommendation of the prime minister elections/appointments: president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 24 January 2016 (next to be held in January 2021); following legislative elections the leader of the majority party or majority coalition is usually appointed prime minister by the president election results: Marcelo REBELO DE SOUSA elected president in the first round; percent of vote - Marcelo REBELO DE SOUSA (PSD) 52%, Antonio Sampaio da NOVOA (independent) 22.9%, Marisa MATIAS (BE) 10.1%, Maria de BELEM (independent) 4.2%, other 10.8% note: there is also a Council of State that acts as a consultative body to the president

Fonte: CIA World Factbook - Aggiornato a partire da dicembre 31, 2019