Cities

Lisbon

Citation Formats

General Reference

Geography Atlas. "Lisbon." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/lisbon.

APA Style

Geography Atlas. (n.d.). Lisbon. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/lisbon

BibTeX

@misc{geographyatlas-lisbon,
  author = {Geography Atlas},
  title = {Lisbon},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/lisbon},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Lisbon is the capital and largest city of Portugal, on the northern shore of the Tagus River. One of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities, it evolved from ancient Phoenician trading posts through Roman, Moorish and medieval periods into a modern European capital.

Facts

Population

658,236 1

2025 figure (city proper municipality), from Lisbon's own Wikipedia infobox.

Area (sq km)

100.05 1

Population Estimate Year

2025 1

Latitude

38.72528 degrees north 1

Longitude

9.15 degrees west 1