PORTUGAL. 



SITUATION AND EXTENT; 

 Miles. 



Length 350 > . C37° and 42' North latitude. 



Breadth 120 5 Detween | 50 40 ' an d 9° sJ West longitude.. 



Containing 27,071 square miles, with 70 inhabitants to each. 



Names. ...Portugal was known to the ancients by the name of Lusi- 

 tania, derived by the mythologists from Lysas, the son of Bacchus, 

 who is said to have settled a colony here. Tne modern name of Por- 

 tugal is supposed to be derived from Calle, the ancient name of 

 Oporto, with the addition of Porta, or port, on account of the excel- 

 lence of its harbour. In the eleventh century this name was extended 

 to the whole kingdom.' 



Boundaries.. ..It is bounded by Spain on the north and east, and on 

 the south and west by the Atlantic Ocean, being the most westerly 

 kingdom on the continent of Europe. 



Divisions.... By the form of the country, it is naturally divided into 

 three parts ; the northern, middle, and southern provinces. The pro- 

 vinces are six in number. 



Provinces. Sq. Miles. Population. Chief Towns. 



n r E "M"? 0Ur0e ? WO 900,000 5 ^ orto ' Viana,V 

 The north- J Mmho . . $ ' I Braga 1 



em division { , n »» . oln(1 . . Arin - ^ Miranda, Bra- f 



', Iras os Montes. 2,190 140,000 < ' .' 



«,. .,„ f Beira . . ; . . . 7,200 520,00 j $ £oimbra, =J 



The middle J ' ' I Guarda, 

 division 1 f Lis- 5 38 42.N.ia ^ 



LEstremadura . . 5,440 635,000 < bon ( 8.53. W.lo. | 



(^L';iria, St U oesj 



J Alentejo .... 8,800 300,000 j**g* ElVaS ' 1 



ern division I A1 00 < Faro, Lagos, Ta- j* 



L & (vora. J 



The south-< 



Total 27,070 2,588,470* 



* The above numbers are those given by Mr. Murphy in his General View of 

 the State of Portugal, 1798. The population of these provinces is thus stated in 

 Boetticher's tables : 



Entre Douro e Minho 430,300 | Estremadura 35°,000 



Tras os Montes 180,800 I Alentejo 265,223 



Beira 550,856 j Algarve 63,700 



Total 1,840,879 



As Mr. Murphy followed Portuguese authors, his statement may perhaps be 

 exaggerated -, but it seems more probable that the population of Portugal exceeds, 

 than that it falls short of two millions. 



