Portugal Communications

Country Name: Portuguese Republic

Capital City: Lisbon

Population: 10,605,870 (2006)

Population Growth: 0.36% (2006)

Currency: Euro (EUR)

Languages: Portuguese, Mirandese(locally)

Area: 92,391 sq km

Inflation Rate: 2.5% (2006 est.)

Unemployment Rate: 7.6% (2005)

Domain extension: .pt

COMMUNICATIONS OF PORTUGAL

Telephones - main lines in use:

4.234 million (2005)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

11.448 million (2005)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 47, FM 172 (many are repeaters), shortwave 2 (1998)

Television broadcast stations:

62 (plus 166 repeaters), note: includes Azores and Madeira Islands (1995)

Internet country code:

.pt

Internet hosts:

845,980 (2005)

Internet users:

7,782,700 (2006)

International dialing code: