_#_Disputes: sovereignty over Timor Timur (East Timor Province) disputed with Indonesia
_#_Climate: maritime temperate; cool and rainy in north, warmer and drier in south
_#_Terrain: mountainous north of the Tagus, rolling plains in south
_#_Natural resources: fish, forests (cork), tungsten, iron ore, uranium ore, marble
_#_Land use: arable land 32%; permanent crops 6%; meadows and pastures 6%; forest and woodland 40%; other 16%; includes irrigated 7%
_#_Environment: Azores subject to severe earthquakes
_#_Note: Azores and Madeira Islands occupy strategic locations along western sea approaches to Strait of Gibraltar
_*People #_Population: 10,387,617 (July 1991), growth rate 0.3% (1991)
_#_Birth rate: 12 births/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Death rate: 10 deaths/1,000 population (1991)