Lisbon Municipality
| Lisbon (Lisboa) | |||
| Capital | |||
 Clockwise, from top: Praça do Comércio, Parque Eduardo VII, Padrão dos Descobrimentos, Torre de Belém, the Sé de Lisboa, and Parque das Nações.
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| Official name: Município de Lisboa (Municipality of Lisbon) | |||
| Name origin: Lisboa, Portuguese derivative of Latin Ulyssippo after Ulysses; and/or Roman Olissipona, for the name of the Tagus | |||
| Motto: Mui Nobre e Sempre Leal (Very Noble and Always Loyal) | |||
| Nickname: A Cidade das Sete Colinas (The City of Seven Hills), Rainha do Mar (Queen of the Sea), A Cidade da Tolerância (The City of Tolerance), A Cidade da Luz (The City of the Light) | |||
| Country | Portugal | ||
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| NUTS II Region | Lisbon Metropolitan Area | ||
| NUTS III Subregion | Lisbon Metropolitan Area | ||
| District | Lisbon | ||
| Municipality | Lisbon | ||
| Civil Parishes | (see text) | ||
| River | Tagus River | ||
| Location | Lisbon | ||
| - elevation | 2 m (7 ft) | ||
| - coordinates | 38°42′50″N 9°8′22″W / 38.71389°N 9.13944°WCoordinates: 38°42′50″N 9°8′22″W / 38.71389°N 9.13944°W | ||
| Highest point | 227 m | ||
| - location | Serra de Monsanto, Benfica, Lisbon | ||
| - elevation | 199 m (653 ft) | ||
| - coordinates | 38°43′43″N 9°11′5″W / 38.72861°N 9.18472°W | ||
| Lowest point | Sea level | ||
| - location | Atlantic Ocean | ||
| - elevation | 0 m (0 ft) | ||
| Area | 100.05 km2 (39 sq mi) | ||
| - urban | 958 km2 (370 sq mi) | ||
| - metro | 3,015 km2 (1,164 sq mi) | ||
| Population | 545,245 (2011) | ||
| - urban | 2,685,000 | ||
| - metro | 2,821,876 | ||
| Density | 6,458/km2 (16,726/sq mi) | ||
| Settlement | Prior to Roman rule | ||
| - City | c. 1256 | ||
| LAU | Concelho/Câmara Municipal | ||
| - location | Praça do Município, Lisbon, Grande Lisboa | ||
| - elevation | 33 m (108 ft) | ||
| - coordinates | 38°42′29″N 9°8′18″W / 38.70806°N 9.13833°W | ||
| President | Fernando Medina (PS) | ||
| Municipal Chair | Helena Roseta (PS) | ||
| Timezone | WET (UTC) | ||
| - summer (DST) | WEST (UTC+1) | ||
| Postal Zone | 1149-014 Lisboa | ||
| Area Code & Prefix | (+351) 21 XXX-XXXX | ||
| Demonym | Lisboeta or Alfacinha | ||
| Patron Saint | Vincent of Saragossa and Anthony of Lisbon | ||
| Municipal Address | Praça do Município, 1 1149-014 Lisboa |
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| Municipal Holidays | 13 June (St. Anthony's Day) | ||
 
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| Website: http://www.cm-lisboa.pt/ | |||
Lisbon (/ˈlɪzbən/; Portuguese: Lisboa, IPA: [liʒˈβoɐ]) is the capital and the largest city of Portugal, with a population of 552,700 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km². Its urban area extends beyond the city's administrative limits with a population of around 2.7 million people, being the 11th-most populous urban area in the European Union. About 2.8 million people live in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area (which represents approximately 27% of the country's population). It is continental Europe's westernmost capital city and the only one along the Atlantic coast. Lisbon lies in the western Iberian Peninsula on the Atlantic Ocean and the River Tagus. The westernmost areas of its metro area is the westernmost point of Continental Europe.
Lisbon is recognised as a global city because of its importance in finance, commerce, media, entertainment, arts, international trade, education and tourism. It is one of the major economic centres on the continent, with a growing financial sector and one of the largest container ports on Europe's Atlantic coast.Humberto Delgado Airport serves over 20 million passengers annually, as of 2015, and the motorway network and the high-speed rail system of Alfa Pendular link the main cities of Portugal. The city is the 7th-most-visited city in Southern Europe, after Istanbul, Rome, Barcelona, Madrid, Athens and Milan, with 1,740,000 tourists in 2009. The Lisbon region contributes with a higher GDP PPP per capita than any other region in Portugal. It's GDP amounts to 96.3 billion USD and thus $32,434 per capita, 40% higher than the average European Union's GDP per capita. The city occupies 32nd place of highest gross earnings in the world. Most of the headquarters of multinationals in the country are located in the Lisbon area. It is also the political centre of the country, as its seat of Government and residence of the Head of State.
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