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It is located in South-Western Europe, onthe Iberian Peninsula

CAPITAL

• The capital of Portugal isLisbon

The president isAnibal Cavaco Silva

• Population: according to the 2011

census, the population was 10,562,178 (of which 52% was female, 48% was male)

• Official Languague: Portuguese

• Currency: Euro ( € )

FOOD• The Portuguese consume a lot of dry cod (bacalhau

in Portuguese), for which there are hundreds of recipes. Two other popular fish recipes are grilledsardines and caldeirada, a potato-based stew thatcan be made from differents types of fish. A verypopular northern dish is the arroz de sarrabulho (rice stewed in pigs blood) or the arroz de cabidela (Rice and chickens meat stewed in chickens blood). Typicalfast food dishes incluide bifanas (grilled pork) orprego (grilled beef) sandwiches, which are wellknown around the country.

BEST FOOTBALL PLAYER

• The best football player is Cristiano Ronaldo,who won the FIFA “Ballond'Or" in 2013.Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro, (born 5 February 1985 Funchal, Madeira, Portugal), is a Portuguese footballplayer who plays as a forward forthe Spanish club Real Madrid and isthe captain of the Portugal nationalteam. He became the mostexpensive football player in historywhen he moved from Manchester United to Real Madrid in 2009 in a transfer worth €94 million.

MUSIC

• The music of Portugal includes many differentstyles and genres, as a result of its history. These can be divided into classical music, traditional/folk music and popular music.

• In popular music, there is a significant numberof popular genres. These include rock, withpopular acts including Xutos & Pontapés, TheGift (alternative rock), Fingertips (pop rock), Blasted Mechanism (experimental electro-rock). Also hip-hop, with bands such as Da Weasel, Boss AC and Sam the Kid.

Xutos & Pontapes

The Gift

Fingertips

Famous People

Zaden Alexander (Actor) Luis da Silva (Actor)

Christopher Hampton (Director)

Alexandra Lancastre(Actress)

Cristiano Ronaldo (Football Player)

Nelly Furtado(Singer)

Jose Mourinho (Coach)

FESTIVALS• Avanca Film Festival: it’s a Cinema festival. It’s

celebrated in July, in Avanca.

• Cool Jazz Fest: Jazz festival. It’s celebrated in

July, in Lisbon.

• Alkantara Festival: it’s a music and theater

festival. It’s celebrated in May, in Libon.

• EME Festival: it’s a festival of electronic music.

It’s celebrated in September, in Lisbon.