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Lisbon

Southern Europe

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. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Population
545,796 1
2025 figure (city proper municipality), from Lisbon's own Wikipedia infobox.
Area (sq km)
100.05 2
Founding Year
1200 BCE 2
Population Estimate Year
2025 2
Elevation (m)
100 1
Latitude
38.72528 degrees north 2
Longitude
9.15 degrees west 2
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+00:00 3
Connections

Associated With

Lisbon District, States or Territories

lisbon is associated with lisbon-district.

Source Lisbon District (Wikipedia)

Capital Of

Lisbon District, States or Territories

lisbon is the capital of lisbon-district.

Source Lisbon District (Wikipedia)
Portugal, Countries

Lisbon is the capital of Portugal.

Source Lisbon (Wikipedia)

Long-Form Articles

How the 1755 earthquake remade Lisbon, Articles
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Origin Of

Amalia Rodrigues

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Triptych of the Temptation of St. Anthony

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Aginter Press

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Source Wikidata: Aginter Presstier 2
CTT Correios de Portugal

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Source Wikipedia: CTT Correios de Portugaltier 2
Jeronimo Martins

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Source Wikipedia: Jerónimo Martinstier 2
Lusa News Agency

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Source Wikipedia: Lusa News Agencytier 2
Marfilmes

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Source Wikidata: Marfilmestier 2
NOS Audiovisuais

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Portuguese Railway Company

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Source Wikipedia: Portuguese Railway Companytier 2
Redes Energéticas Nacionais

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Source Wikipedia: Redes Energéticas Nacionaistier 2
Semapa

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Source Wikipedia: Semapatier 2
TAP Air Portugal

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Source Wikidata: TAP Air Portugaltier 2
Louis of Granada

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Source Louis of Granada (Wikipedia)Infobox: death_place
Quote, Infobox: death_place
Lisbon, Portugal
Court of Auditors (Portugal)

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Supreme Administrative Court (Portugal)

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Supreme Court of Justice (Portugal)

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University of Lisbon

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Source University of Lisbon (Wikipedia)Lead, location
Quote, Lead, location
is a public research university in Lisbon, and Portugal's largest university
Sporting CP

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Source Sporting CP (Wikipedia)Lead, home country or city
Quote, Lead, home country or city
is a Portuguese sports club based in Lisbon

Found There

Treaty of Lisbon

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Source Treaty of Lisbon (Wikipedia)Lead, fourth paragraph
Quote, Lead, fourth paragraph
drawn up and signed in Lisbon in 2007
Sources
1. Lisbon (Wikidata)
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
Quote, P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 100 m
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2. Lisbon (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Infobox, population
    658,236 (2025)
  • Infobox, area
    100.05 km2 (38.63 sq mi)
  • Infobox, coordinates
    38°43′31″N 09°09′00″W
  • Introduction
    Lisbon is the capital and largest city of Portugal.
  • Wikipedia infobox field 'Settlement' = 'c. 1200 BCE' on the 'Lisbon' article, read and judged (w-bbfill-geography6-0926)
  • In Group: Cities of Southern Europe (World), Wikipedia, part-of country and UN M49 subregion
  • In Group: Cities of Southern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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3. GeoNames: Lisbon - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 2267057
    38.72509 -9.1498 P PPLC PT 14 1106 517802 68 Europe/Lisbon
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 68 m
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 38.75, -9.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 38.75, -9.25
38.75 -9.25 Csa
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Lisbon District (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationLead section
Quote, Lead section
The district capital is the city of Lisbon, which is also the national capital.
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Wikidata: Lisbon
Wikidata Q597, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
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