Population
> 10.05 million (July 2000).

Capital city
> Lisbon.

Geography
> Portugal’s total area is 57,467 sq miles, including the Azores and Madeira Islands.

GDP
> US$151.4 billion (1999 est.); GDP per capita US$15,300 (1999 est.).

Industries
> Textiles and footwear, wood pulp, paper and cork, oil refining, chemicals and fish canning.

Currency
> 1 Portuguese escudo (Esc) = 100 centavos.

Exchange
> US$1=236.871 esc (July 2001).

Tourism
> Portugal’s UNESCO World Heritage Sites include the Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belem in Lisbon, the Historic Center of Evora, the Cultural Landscape of Sintra, the Historic Center of Oporto, the Prehistoric Rock-Art Sites in the Côa Valley, among others.