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57340d8cd058e614000b68a8
Portugal
By the early 1970s Portugal's fast economic growth with increasing consumption and purchase of new automobiles set the priority for improvements in transportation. Again in the 1990s, after joining the European Economic Community, the country built many new motorways. Today, the country has a 68,732 km (42,708 mi) road...
After joining the European Economic Community in the 90's, what did Portugal begin building?
{ "answer_start": [ 254 ], "text": [ "new motorways" ] }
57340d8cd058e614000b68a9
Portugal
By the early 1970s Portugal's fast economic growth with increasing consumption and purchase of new automobiles set the priority for improvements in transportation. Again in the 1990s, after joining the European Economic Community, the country built many new motorways. Today, the country has a 68,732 km (42,708 mi) road...
How long is Portugal's total road network?
{ "answer_start": [ 294 ], "text": [ "68,732 km (42,708 mi)" ] }
57340d8cd058e614000b68aa
Portugal
By the early 1970s Portugal's fast economic growth with increasing consumption and purchase of new automobiles set the priority for improvements in transportation. Again in the 1990s, after joining the European Economic Community, the country built many new motorways. Today, the country has a 68,732 km (42,708 mi) road...
In which year was the first motorway opened in Portugal?
{ "answer_start": [ 412 ], "text": [ "1944" ] }
57340e1cd058e614000b68af
Portugal
Continental Portugal's 89,015 km2 (34,369 sq mi) territory is serviced by four international airports located near the principal cities of Lisbon, Porto, Faro and Beja. Lisbon's geographical position makes it a stopover for many foreign airlines at several airports within the country. The primary flag-carrier is TAP Po...
How much land does the Continental Portugal cover?
{ "answer_start": [ 23 ], "text": [ "89,015 km2 (34,369 sq mi)" ] }
57340e1cd058e614000b68b0
Portugal
Continental Portugal's 89,015 km2 (34,369 sq mi) territory is serviced by four international airports located near the principal cities of Lisbon, Porto, Faro and Beja. Lisbon's geographical position makes it a stopover for many foreign airlines at several airports within the country. The primary flag-carrier is TAP Po...
How many national airports does Portugal have?
{ "answer_start": [ 74 ], "text": [ "four" ] }
57340e1cd058e614000b68b1
Portugal
Continental Portugal's 89,015 km2 (34,369 sq mi) territory is serviced by four international airports located near the principal cities of Lisbon, Porto, Faro and Beja. Lisbon's geographical position makes it a stopover for many foreign airlines at several airports within the country. The primary flag-carrier is TAP Po...
Near what cities are the Portuguese airports located?
{ "answer_start": [ 139 ], "text": [ "Lisbon, Porto, Faro and Beja" ] }
57340e1cd058e614000b68b2
Portugal
Continental Portugal's 89,015 km2 (34,369 sq mi) territory is serviced by four international airports located near the principal cities of Lisbon, Porto, Faro and Beja. Lisbon's geographical position makes it a stopover for many foreign airlines at several airports within the country. The primary flag-carrier is TAP Po...
Why is Lisbon a popular stopover for many foreign airlines?
{ "answer_start": [ 178 ], "text": [ "geographical position" ] }
57340e1cd058e614000b68b3
Portugal
Continental Portugal's 89,015 km2 (34,369 sq mi) territory is serviced by four international airports located near the principal cities of Lisbon, Porto, Faro and Beja. Lisbon's geographical position makes it a stopover for many foreign airlines at several airports within the country. The primary flag-carrier is TAP Po...
What is the primary flag-carrier in Portugal?
{ "answer_start": [ 314 ], "text": [ "TAP Portugal" ] }
57340eded058e614000b68c3
Portugal
A national railway system that extends throughout the country and into Spain, is supported and administered by Comboios de Portugal. Rail transport of passengers and goods is derived using the 2,791 km (1,734 mi) of railway lines currently in service, of which 1,430 km (889 mi) are electrified and about 900 km (559 mi)...
Into what country does Portugal's railway system expand?
{ "answer_start": [ 71 ], "text": [ "Spain" ] }
57340eded058e614000b68c4
Portugal
A national railway system that extends throughout the country and into Spain, is supported and administered by Comboios de Portugal. Rail transport of passengers and goods is derived using the 2,791 km (1,734 mi) of railway lines currently in service, of which 1,430 km (889 mi) are electrified and about 900 km (559 mi)...
What entity supports and administrates Portugal's railway system?
{ "answer_start": [ 111 ], "text": [ "Comboios de Portugal" ] }
57340eded058e614000b68c5
Portugal
A national railway system that extends throughout the country and into Spain, is supported and administered by Comboios de Portugal. Rail transport of passengers and goods is derived using the 2,791 km (1,734 mi) of railway lines currently in service, of which 1,430 km (889 mi) are electrified and about 900 km (559 mi)...
How long is the total railway system in Portugal?
{ "answer_start": [ 193 ], "text": [ "2,791 km (1,734 mi)" ] }
57340eded058e614000b68c6
Portugal
A national railway system that extends throughout the country and into Spain, is supported and administered by Comboios de Portugal. Rail transport of passengers and goods is derived using the 2,791 km (1,734 mi) of railway lines currently in service, of which 1,430 km (889 mi) are electrified and about 900 km (559 mi)...
How long is the amount of railway lines that are electrified?
{ "answer_start": [ 261 ], "text": [ "1,430 km (889 mi)" ] }
57340eded058e614000b68c7
Portugal
A national railway system that extends throughout the country and into Spain, is supported and administered by Comboios de Portugal. Rail transport of passengers and goods is derived using the 2,791 km (1,734 mi) of railway lines currently in service, of which 1,430 km (889 mi) are electrified and about 900 km (559 mi)...
How long is the amount of railway lines that permit speeds greater than 120 km/h?
{ "answer_start": [ 305 ], "text": [ "900 km (559 mi)" ] }
57341210d058e614000b68e2
Portugal
The two largest metropolitan areas have subway systems: Lisbon Metro and Metro Sul do Tejo in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area and Porto Metro in the Porto Metropolitan Area, each with more than 35 km (22 mi) of lines. In Portugal, Lisbon tram services have been supplied by the Companhia de Carris de Ferro de Lisboa (Carri...
What are the two subway systems in Portugal?
{ "answer_start": [ 56 ], "text": [ "Lisbon Metro and Metro Sul do Tejo in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area and Porto Metro in the Porto Metropolitan Area" ] }
57341210d058e614000b68e3
Portugal
The two largest metropolitan areas have subway systems: Lisbon Metro and Metro Sul do Tejo in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area and Porto Metro in the Porto Metropolitan Area, each with more than 35 km (22 mi) of lines. In Portugal, Lisbon tram services have been supplied by the Companhia de Carris de Ferro de Lisboa (Carri...
How long are each of the subway systems?
{ "answer_start": [ 181 ], "text": [ "more than 35 km (22 mi)" ] }
57341210d058e614000b68e4
Portugal
The two largest metropolitan areas have subway systems: Lisbon Metro and Metro Sul do Tejo in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area and Porto Metro in the Porto Metropolitan Area, each with more than 35 km (22 mi) of lines. In Portugal, Lisbon tram services have been supplied by the Companhia de Carris de Ferro de Lisboa (Carri...
By what company have the Lisbon tram services been supplies by?
{ "answer_start": [ 275 ], "text": [ "Companhia de Carris de Ferro de Lisboa (Carris)" ] }
57341210d058e614000b68e5
Portugal
The two largest metropolitan areas have subway systems: Lisbon Metro and Metro Sul do Tejo in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area and Porto Metro in the Porto Metropolitan Area, each with more than 35 km (22 mi) of lines. In Portugal, Lisbon tram services have been supplied by the Companhia de Carris de Ferro de Lisboa (Carri...
For how long has the Libon tram service existed?
{ "answer_start": [ 328 ], "text": [ "over a century" ] }
573412ccd058e614000b68ea
Portugal
Scientific and technological research activities in Portugal are mainly conducted within a network of R&D units belonging to public universities and state-managed autonomous research institutions like the INETI – Instituto Nacional de Engenharia, Tecnologia e Inovação and the INRB – Instituto Nacional dos Recursos Biol...
In what type of network are most scientific research studies conducted in Portugal?
{ "answer_start": [ 102 ], "text": [ "R&D units belonging to public universities and state-managed autonomous research institutions" ] }
573412ccd058e614000b68eb
Portugal
Scientific and technological research activities in Portugal are mainly conducted within a network of R&D units belonging to public universities and state-managed autonomous research institutions like the INETI – Instituto Nacional de Engenharia, Tecnologia e Inovação and the INRB – Instituto Nacional dos Recursos Biol...
What is one example of a state-managed autonomous research institution?
{ "answer_start": [ 205 ], "text": [ "INETI – Instituto Nacional de Engenharia, Tecnologia e Inovação" ] }
573412ccd058e614000b68ec
Portugal
Scientific and technological research activities in Portugal are mainly conducted within a network of R&D units belonging to public universities and state-managed autonomous research institutions like the INETI – Instituto Nacional de Engenharia, Tecnologia e Inovação and the INRB – Instituto Nacional dos Recursos Biol...
By which ministry is authority granted for funding and managing Portugal's research system?
{ "answer_start": [ 426 ], "text": [ "Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education (MCTES)" ] }
5734135cd058e614000b68f4
Portugal
Among the largest non-state-run research institutions in Portugal are the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência and the Champalimaud Foundation, a neuroscience and oncology research centre, which in addition awards every year one of the highest monetary prizes of any science prize in the world. A number of both national and ...
What are two of the large non-state run research institutions in Portugal?
{ "answer_start": [ 74 ], "text": [ "Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência and the Champalimaud Foundation" ] }
5734135cd058e614000b68f5
Portugal
Among the largest non-state-run research institutions in Portugal are the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência and the Champalimaud Foundation, a neuroscience and oncology research centre, which in addition awards every year one of the highest monetary prizes of any science prize in the world. A number of both national and ...
What is the Champalimaud Foundation?
{ "answer_start": [ 141 ], "text": [ "neuroscience and oncology research centre" ] }
5734135cd058e614000b68f6
Portugal
Among the largest non-state-run research institutions in Portugal are the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência and the Champalimaud Foundation, a neuroscience and oncology research centre, which in addition awards every year one of the highest monetary prizes of any science prize in the world. A number of both national and ...
What does the Champalimaud Foundation award every year?
{ "answer_start": [ 220 ], "text": [ "one of the highest monetary prizes of any science prize in the world" ] }
5734135cd058e614000b68f7
Portugal
Among the largest non-state-run research institutions in Portugal are the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência and the Champalimaud Foundation, a neuroscience and oncology research centre, which in addition awards every year one of the highest monetary prizes of any science prize in the world. A number of both national and ...
In what year was the Sciences Academy of Lisbon founded?
{ "answer_start": [ 524 ], "text": [ "1779" ] }
573413df4776f41900661807
Portugal
Portugal has the largest aquarium in Europe, the Lisbon Oceanarium, and the Portuguese have several other notable organizations focused on science-related exhibits and divulgation, like the state agency Ciência Viva, a programme of the Portuguese Ministry of Science and Technology to the promotion of a scientific and t...
What is the name of the largest European aquarium?
{ "answer_start": [ 49 ], "text": [ "Lisbon Oceanarium" ] }
573413df4776f41900661808
Portugal
Portugal has the largest aquarium in Europe, the Lisbon Oceanarium, and the Portuguese have several other notable organizations focused on science-related exhibits and divulgation, like the state agency Ciência Viva, a programme of the Portuguese Ministry of Science and Technology to the promotion of a scientific and t...
What does the state agency Ciencia Viva promote?
{ "answer_start": [ 304 ], "text": [ "scientific and technological culture among the Portuguese population" ] }
573413df4776f41900661809
Portugal
Portugal has the largest aquarium in Europe, the Lisbon Oceanarium, and the Portuguese have several other notable organizations focused on science-related exhibits and divulgation, like the state agency Ciência Viva, a programme of the Portuguese Ministry of Science and Technology to the promotion of a scientific and t...
What are some examples of notable organizations focused on scientific exhibitions?
{ "answer_start": [ 378 ], "text": [ "Science Museum of the University of Coimbra, the National Museum of Natural History at the University of Lisbon, and the Visionarium" ] }
573414b84776f41900661813
Portugal
With the emergence and growth of several science parks throughout the world that helped create many thousands of scientific, technological and knowledge-based businesses, Portugal started to develop several science parks across the country. These include the Taguspark (in Oeiras), the Coimbra iParque (in Coimbra), the ...
What was responsible for creating thousands of scientific, technological, and knowledge-based businesses?
{ "answer_start": [ 5 ], "text": [ "the emergence and growth of several science parks throughout the world" ] }
573414b84776f41900661814
Portugal
With the emergence and growth of several science parks throughout the world that helped create many thousands of scientific, technological and knowledge-based businesses, Portugal started to develop several science parks across the country. These include the Taguspark (in Oeiras), the Coimbra iParque (in Coimbra), the ...
What are some examples of the science parks being built in Portugal?
{ "answer_start": [ 259 ], "text": [ "Taguspark (in Oeiras), the Coimbra iParque (in Coimbra), the biocant (in Cantanhede), the Madeira Tecnopolo (in Funchal)" ] }
573414b84776f41900661815
Portugal
With the emergence and growth of several science parks throughout the world that helped create many thousands of scientific, technological and knowledge-based businesses, Portugal started to develop several science parks across the country. These include the Taguspark (in Oeiras), the Coimbra iParque (in Coimbra), the ...
For what reason to companies locate in the Portuguese science parks?
{ "answer_start": [ 507 ], "text": [ "take advantage of a variety of services ranging from financial and legal advice through to marketing and technological support" ] }
573415824776f41900661823
Portugal
Portugal has considerable resources of wind and river power, the two most cost-effective renewable sources. Since the turn of the 21st century, there has been a trend towards the development of a renewable resource industry and reduction of both consumption and use of fossil fuel resources. In 2006, the world's largest...
What are the two most considerable sources of renewable energy in Portugal?
{ "answer_start": [ 39 ], "text": [ "wind and river power" ] }
573415824776f41900661824
Portugal
Portugal has considerable resources of wind and river power, the two most cost-effective renewable sources. Since the turn of the 21st century, there has been a trend towards the development of a renewable resource industry and reduction of both consumption and use of fossil fuel resources. In 2006, the world's largest...
Where was Moura Photovoltaic Power Station located?
{ "answer_start": [ 412 ], "text": [ "Moura, in the south" ] }
573415824776f41900661825
Portugal
Portugal has considerable resources of wind and river power, the two most cost-effective renewable sources. Since the turn of the 21st century, there has been a trend towards the development of a renewable resource industry and reduction of both consumption and use of fossil fuel resources. In 2006, the world's largest...
Where was the Agucadoura Wave Farm located?
{ "answer_start": [ 525 ], "text": [ "Norte region" ] }
573415824776f41900661826
Portugal
Portugal has considerable resources of wind and river power, the two most cost-effective renewable sources. Since the turn of the 21st century, there has been a trend towards the development of a renewable resource industry and reduction of both consumption and use of fossil fuel resources. In 2006, the world's largest...
By the end of 2006, what percentage of Portugal's energy production was from renewable sources?
{ "answer_start": [ 652 ], "text": [ "29%" ] }
573416864776f4190066182b
Portugal
Portugal’s national energy transmission company, Redes Energéticas Nacionais (REN), uses sophisticated modeling to predict weather, especially wind patterns, and computer programs to calculate energy from the various renewable-energy plants. Before the solar/wind revolution, Portugal had generated electricity from hydr...
What is the name of Portugal's national energy transmission company?
{ "answer_start": [ 49 ], "text": [ "Redes Energéticas Nacionais (REN)" ] }
573416864776f4190066182c
Portugal
Portugal’s national energy transmission company, Redes Energéticas Nacionais (REN), uses sophisticated modeling to predict weather, especially wind patterns, and computer programs to calculate energy from the various renewable-energy plants. Before the solar/wind revolution, Portugal had generated electricity from hydr...
What does REN do?
{ "answer_start": [ 84 ], "text": [ "uses sophisticated modeling to predict weather, especially wind patterns, and computer programs to calculate energy from the various renewable-energy plants" ] }
573416864776f4190066182d
Portugal
Portugal’s national energy transmission company, Redes Energéticas Nacionais (REN), uses sophisticated modeling to predict weather, especially wind patterns, and computer programs to calculate energy from the various renewable-energy plants. Before the solar/wind revolution, Portugal had generated electricity from hydr...
Through what renewable resource had Portugal generated electricity before the solar/wind revolution?
{ "answer_start": [ 316 ], "text": [ "hydropower plants on its rivers" ] }
573416864776f4190066182e
Portugal
Portugal’s national energy transmission company, Redes Energéticas Nacionais (REN), uses sophisticated modeling to predict weather, especially wind patterns, and computer programs to calculate energy from the various renewable-energy plants. Before the solar/wind revolution, Portugal had generated electricity from hydr...
What is used to pump water uphill in Portugal?
{ "answer_start": [ 398 ], "text": [ "wind-driven turbines" ] }
573416864776f4190066182f
Portugal
Portugal’s national energy transmission company, Redes Energéticas Nacionais (REN), uses sophisticated modeling to predict weather, especially wind patterns, and computer programs to calculate energy from the various renewable-energy plants. Before the solar/wind revolution, Portugal had generated electricity from hydr...
How did the Portuguese government encourage rooftop solar panels?
{ "answer_start": [ 813 ], "text": [ "setting a premium price" ] }
573417154776f41900661845
Portugal
The Statistics Portugal (Portuguese: INE - Instituto Nacional de Estatística) estimates that, according to the 2011 census, the population was 10,562,178 (of which 52% was female, 48% was male). This population has been relatively homogeneous for most of its history: a single religion (Catholicism) and a single languag...
What was the Portuguese population in 2011?
{ "answer_start": [ 143 ], "text": [ "10,562,178" ] }
573417154776f41900661846
Portugal
The Statistics Portugal (Portuguese: INE - Instituto Nacional de Estatística) estimates that, according to the 2011 census, the population was 10,562,178 (of which 52% was female, 48% was male). This population has been relatively homogeneous for most of its history: a single religion (Catholicism) and a single languag...
What percentage of the Portuguese population in 2011 was female?
{ "answer_start": [ 164 ], "text": [ "52%" ] }
573417154776f41900661847
Portugal
The Statistics Portugal (Portuguese: INE - Instituto Nacional de Estatística) estimates that, according to the 2011 census, the population was 10,562,178 (of which 52% was female, 48% was male). This population has been relatively homogeneous for most of its history: a single religion (Catholicism) and a single languag...
What percentage of the Portuguese population in 2011 was male?
{ "answer_start": [ 180 ], "text": [ "48%" ] }
573417154776f41900661848
Portugal
The Statistics Portugal (Portuguese: INE - Instituto Nacional de Estatística) estimates that, according to the 2011 census, the population was 10,562,178 (of which 52% was female, 48% was male). This population has been relatively homogeneous for most of its history: a single religion (Catholicism) and a single languag...
What is the dominant religion in Portugal?
{ "answer_start": [ 287 ], "text": [ "Catholicism" ] }
573417154776f41900661849
Portugal
The Statistics Portugal (Portuguese: INE - Instituto Nacional de Estatística) estimates that, according to the 2011 census, the population was 10,562,178 (of which 52% was female, 48% was male). This population has been relatively homogeneous for most of its history: a single religion (Catholicism) and a single languag...
What were the Moors who converted to Catholicism known as?
{ "answer_start": [ 589 ], "text": [ "Mouriscos" ] }
5734188e4776f41900661861
Portugal
The most important demographic influence in the modern Portuguese seems to be the oldest one; current interpretation of Y-chromosome and mtDNA data suggests that the Portuguese have their origin in Paleolithic peoples that began arriving to the European continent around 45,000 years ago. All subsequent migrations did l...
In what group of people do the Portuguese have their origin?
{ "answer_start": [ 198 ], "text": [ "Paleolithic peoples" ] }
5734188e4776f41900661862
Portugal
The most important demographic influence in the modern Portuguese seems to be the oldest one; current interpretation of Y-chromosome and mtDNA data suggests that the Portuguese have their origin in Paleolithic peoples that began arriving to the European continent around 45,000 years ago. All subsequent migrations did l...
When did people first start arriving in the European continent?
{ "answer_start": [ 271 ], "text": [ "45,000 years ago" ] }
5734188e4776f41900661863
Portugal
The most important demographic influence in the modern Portuguese seems to be the oldest one; current interpretation of Y-chromosome and mtDNA data suggests that the Portuguese have their origin in Paleolithic peoples that began arriving to the European continent around 45,000 years ago. All subsequent migrations did l...
What is the main population source of the Portuguese people?
{ "answer_start": [ 422 ], "text": [ "Paleolithic" ] }
5734195bd058e614000b694a
Portugal
Portugal's colonial history has long since been a cornerstone of its national identity, as has its geographic position at the south-western corner of Europe, looking out into the Atlantic Ocean. It was one of the last western colonial European powers to give up its overseas territories (among them Angola and Mozambique...
What is the cornerstone of Portugal's national identity?
{ "answer_start": [ 11 ], "text": [ "colonial history" ] }
5734195bd058e614000b694b
Portugal
Portugal's colonial history has long since been a cornerstone of its national identity, as has its geographic position at the south-western corner of Europe, looking out into the Atlantic Ocean. It was one of the last western colonial European powers to give up its overseas territories (among them Angola and Mozambique...
Which ocean does Portugal border?
{ "answer_start": [ 179 ], "text": [ "Atlantic Ocean" ] }
5734195bd058e614000b694c
Portugal
Portugal's colonial history has long since been a cornerstone of its national identity, as has its geographic position at the south-western corner of Europe, looking out into the Atlantic Ocean. It was one of the last western colonial European powers to give up its overseas territories (among them Angola and Mozambique...
What were two of the last territories Portugal gave up?
{ "answer_start": [ 299 ], "text": [ "Angola and Mozambique" ] }
5734195bd058e614000b694d
Portugal
Portugal's colonial history has long since been a cornerstone of its national identity, as has its geographic position at the south-western corner of Europe, looking out into the Atlantic Ocean. It was one of the last western colonial European powers to give up its overseas territories (among them Angola and Mozambique...
The vast majority of Brazilians have what ancestry in common?
{ "answer_start": [ 708 ], "text": [ "Portuguese" ] }
5734195bd058e614000b694e
Portugal
Portugal's colonial history has long since been a cornerstone of its national identity, as has its geographic position at the south-western corner of Europe, looking out into the Atlantic Ocean. It was one of the last western colonial European powers to give up its overseas territories (among them Angola and Mozambique...
How many inhabitants did Portugal have by 2007?
{ "answer_start": [ 1073 ], "text": [ "10,617,575" ] }
57341a094776f41900661873
Portugal
According to the 2011 Census, 81.0% of the Portuguese population are Roman Catholic. The country has small Protestant, Latter-day Saint, Muslim, Hindu, Sikh, Eastern Orthodox Church, Jehovah's Witnesses, Baha'i, Buddhist, Jewish and Spiritist communities. Influences from African Traditional Religion and Chinese Traditi...
What percentage of the Portuguese people are Roman Catholic?
{ "answer_start": [ 30 ], "text": [ "81.0%" ] }
57341a094776f41900661874
Portugal
According to the 2011 Census, 81.0% of the Portuguese population are Roman Catholic. The country has small Protestant, Latter-day Saint, Muslim, Hindu, Sikh, Eastern Orthodox Church, Jehovah's Witnesses, Baha'i, Buddhist, Jewish and Spiritist communities. Influences from African Traditional Religion and Chinese Traditi...
What other religious communities exist in Portugal?
{ "answer_start": [ 107 ], "text": [ "Protestant, Latter-day Saint, Muslim, Hindu, Sikh, Eastern Orthodox Church, Jehovah's Witnesses, Baha'i, Buddhist, Jewish and Spiritist" ] }
57341a094776f41900661875
Portugal
According to the 2011 Census, 81.0% of the Portuguese population are Roman Catholic. The country has small Protestant, Latter-day Saint, Muslim, Hindu, Sikh, Eastern Orthodox Church, Jehovah's Witnesses, Baha'i, Buddhist, Jewish and Spiritist communities. Influences from African Traditional Religion and Chinese Traditi...
What percentage of the Portuguese people identify as non-religious?
{ "answer_start": [ 464 ], "text": [ "6.8%" ] }
57341a094776f41900661876
Portugal
According to the 2011 Census, 81.0% of the Portuguese population are Roman Catholic. The country has small Protestant, Latter-day Saint, Muslim, Hindu, Sikh, Eastern Orthodox Church, Jehovah's Witnesses, Baha'i, Buddhist, Jewish and Spiritist communities. Influences from African Traditional Religion and Chinese Traditi...
What percentage of the Portuguese population did not give an answer for their religion in the 2011 census?
{ "answer_start": [ 532 ], "text": [ "8.3%" ] }
57341cfc4776f419006618a1
Portugal
Many Portuguese holidays, festivals and traditions have a Christian origin or connotation. Although relations between the Portuguese state and the Roman Catholic Church were generally amiable and stable since the earliest years of the Portuguese nation, their relative power fluctuated. In the 13th and 14th centuries, t...
In what religion do many Portuguese holidays and festivals find their origin?
{ "answer_start": [ 58 ], "text": [ "Christian" ] }
57341cfc4776f419006618a2
Portugal
Many Portuguese holidays, festivals and traditions have a Christian origin or connotation. Although relations between the Portuguese state and the Roman Catholic Church were generally amiable and stable since the earliest years of the Portuguese nation, their relative power fluctuated. In the 13th and 14th centuries, t...
In what centuries did the Roman Catholic Church play a role in the reconquest?
{ "answer_start": [ 294 ], "text": [ "13th and 14th" ] }
57341cfc4776f419006618a3
Portugal
Many Portuguese holidays, festivals and traditions have a Christian origin or connotation. Although relations between the Portuguese state and the Roman Catholic Church were generally amiable and stable since the earliest years of the Portuguese nation, their relative power fluctuated. In the 13th and 14th centuries, t...
What changed the role and importance of organized religion in Portugal?
{ "answer_start": [ 839 ], "text": [ "formation of the First Portuguese Republic" ] }
57341cfc4776f419006618a4
Portugal
Many Portuguese holidays, festivals and traditions have a Christian origin or connotation. Although relations between the Portuguese state and the Roman Catholic Church were generally amiable and stable since the earliest years of the Portuguese nation, their relative power fluctuated. In the 13th and 14th centuries, t...
During what years did the formation of the First Portuguese Republic take place?
{ "answer_start": [ 883 ], "text": [ "1910–26" ] }
57341dde4776f419006618bd
Portugal
Within the white inescutcheon, the five quinas (small blue shields) with their five white bezants representing the five wounds of Christ (Portuguese: Cinco Chagas) when crucified and are popularly associated with the "Miracle of Ourique". The story associated with this miracle tells that before the Battle of Ourique (2...
On what date did the Battle of Ourique take place?
{ "answer_start": [ 319 ], "text": [ "25 July 1139" ] }
57341dde4776f419006618be
Portugal
Within the white inescutcheon, the five quinas (small blue shields) with their five white bezants representing the five wounds of Christ (Portuguese: Cinco Chagas) when crucified and are popularly associated with the "Miracle of Ourique". The story associated with this miracle tells that before the Battle of Ourique (2...
Afonso heard Jesus promising what?
{ "answer_start": [ 748 ], "text": [ "victories for the coming battles, as well as God's wish to act through Afonso" ] }
57341dde4776f419006618bf
Portugal
Within the white inescutcheon, the five quinas (small blue shields) with their five white bezants representing the five wounds of Christ (Portuguese: Cinco Chagas) when crucified and are popularly associated with the "Miracle of Ourique". The story associated with this miracle tells that before the Battle of Ourique (2...
Why did God want to act through Afonso?
{ "answer_start": [ 848 ], "text": [ "in order to create an empire which would carry His name to unknown lands" ] }
57341fcf4776f419006618cb
Portugal
Portuguese is the official language of Portugal. Portuguese is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia and Northern Portugal, originating from Galician-Portuguese, which was the common language of the Galician and Portuguese people until the independence of Portugal. Particularly in the North of Portu...
What is the official name of Portugal?
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Portugal
Portuguese is the official language of Portugal. Portuguese is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia and Northern Portugal, originating from Galician-Portuguese, which was the common language of the Galician and Portuguese people until the independence of Portugal. Particularly in the North of Portu...
What type of language is Portuguese?
{ "answer_start": [ 65 ], "text": [ "Romance" ] }
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Portugal
Portuguese is the official language of Portugal. Portuguese is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia and Northern Portugal, originating from Galician-Portuguese, which was the common language of the Galician and Portuguese people until the independence of Portugal. Particularly in the North of Portu...
Where did Portuguese originate?
{ "answer_start": [ 113 ], "text": [ "Galicia and Northern Portugal" ] }
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Portugal
Portuguese is the official language of Portugal. Portuguese is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia and Northern Portugal, originating from Galician-Portuguese, which was the common language of the Galician and Portuguese people until the independence of Portugal. Particularly in the North of Portu...
What was the common name of the Galician and Portuguese people?
{ "answer_start": [ 161 ], "text": [ "Galician-Portuguese" ] }
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Portugal
The Portuguese language is derived from the Latin spoken by the romanized Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula around 2000 years ago—particularly the Celts, Tartessians, Lusitanians and Iberians. In the 15th and 16th centuries, the language spread worldwide as Portugal established a colonial and commercial empire...
From what language is Portuguese derived?
{ "answer_start": [ 44 ], "text": [ "Latin" ] }
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Portugal
The Portuguese language is derived from the Latin spoken by the romanized Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula around 2000 years ago—particularly the Celts, Tartessians, Lusitanians and Iberians. In the 15th and 16th centuries, the language spread worldwide as Portugal established a colonial and commercial empire...
By what group of people is Portuguese derived?
{ "answer_start": [ 74 ], "text": [ "Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula" ] }
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Portugal
The Portuguese language is derived from the Latin spoken by the romanized Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula around 2000 years ago—particularly the Celts, Tartessians, Lusitanians and Iberians. In the 15th and 16th centuries, the language spread worldwide as Portugal established a colonial and commercial empire...
Between what years did Portugal establish a colonial and commercial empire?
{ "answer_start": [ 329 ], "text": [ "1415 and 1999" ] }
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Portugal
The Portuguese language is derived from the Latin spoken by the romanized Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula around 2000 years ago—particularly the Celts, Tartessians, Lusitanians and Iberians. In the 15th and 16th centuries, the language spread worldwide as Portugal established a colonial and commercial empire...
In how many continents is Portuguese spoken as a native language?
{ "answer_start": [ 393 ], "text": [ "five" ] }
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Portugal
The Portuguese language is derived from the Latin spoken by the romanized Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula around 2000 years ago—particularly the Celts, Tartessians, Lusitanians and Iberians. In the 15th and 16th centuries, the language spread worldwide as Portugal established a colonial and commercial empire...
What country has the largest number of native Portuguese speakers?
{ "answer_start": [ 425 ], "text": [ "Brazil" ] }
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Portugal
The total adult literacy rate is 99 percent. Portuguese primary school enrollments are close to 100 percent. According to the OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2009, the average Portuguese 15-year-old student, when rated in terms of reading literacy, mathematics and science knowledge, is plac...
What is the adult literacy rate in Portugal?
{ "answer_start": [ 33 ], "text": [ "99 percent" ] }
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Portugal
The total adult literacy rate is 99 percent. Portuguese primary school enrollments are close to 100 percent. According to the OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2009, the average Portuguese 15-year-old student, when rated in terms of reading literacy, mathematics and science knowledge, is plac...
Portuguese primary school enrollment is close to what percent?
{ "answer_start": [ 96 ], "text": [ "100 percent" ] }
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Portugal
The total adult literacy rate is 99 percent. Portuguese primary school enrollments are close to 100 percent. According to the OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2009, the average Portuguese 15-year-old student, when rated in terms of reading literacy, mathematics and science knowledge, is plac...
What percentage of college-age citizens attend a higher education institution in Portugal?
{ "answer_start": [ 500 ], "text": [ "Over 35%" ] }
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Portugal
The total adult literacy rate is 99 percent. Portuguese primary school enrollments are close to 100 percent. According to the OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2009, the average Portuguese 15-year-old student, when rated in terms of reading literacy, mathematics and science knowledge, is plac...
What percentage of college-age citizens attend a higher education institution in the United States?
{ "answer_start": [ 621 ], "text": [ "50%" ] }
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Portugal
Portuguese universities have existed since 1290. The oldest Portuguese university was first established in Lisbon before moving to Coimbra. Historically, within the scope of the Portuguese Empire, the Portuguese founded the oldest engineering school of the Americas (the Real Academia de Artilharia, Fortificação e Desen...
Since when have Portuguese universities existed?
{ "answer_start": [ 43 ], "text": [ "1290" ] }
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Portugal
Portuguese universities have existed since 1290. The oldest Portuguese university was first established in Lisbon before moving to Coimbra. Historically, within the scope of the Portuguese Empire, the Portuguese founded the oldest engineering school of the Americas (the Real Academia de Artilharia, Fortificação e Desen...
Where was the oldest Portuguese university established?
{ "answer_start": [ 107 ], "text": [ "Lisbon" ] }
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Portugal
Portuguese universities have existed since 1290. The oldest Portuguese university was first established in Lisbon before moving to Coimbra. Historically, within the scope of the Portuguese Empire, the Portuguese founded the oldest engineering school of the Americas (the Real Academia de Artilharia, Fortificação e Desen...
Where did the oldest Portuguese university relocate to?
{ "answer_start": [ 131 ], "text": [ "Coimbra" ] }
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Portugal
Portuguese universities have existed since 1290. The oldest Portuguese university was first established in Lisbon before moving to Coimbra. Historically, within the scope of the Portuguese Empire, the Portuguese founded the oldest engineering school of the Americas (the Real Academia de Artilharia, Fortificação e Desen...
What is the oldest engineering school of the Americas?
{ "answer_start": [ 267 ], "text": [ "the Real Academia de Artilharia, Fortificação e Desenho of Rio de Janeiro" ] }
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Portugal
Portuguese universities have existed since 1290. The oldest Portuguese university was first established in Lisbon before moving to Coimbra. Historically, within the scope of the Portuguese Empire, the Portuguese founded the oldest engineering school of the Americas (the Real Academia de Artilharia, Fortificação e Desen...
What is the oldest medical college in Asia?
{ "answer_start": [ 398 ], "text": [ "the Escola Médico-Cirúrgica of Goa" ] }
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Portugal
The Bologna process has been adopted, since 2006, by Portuguese universities and poly-technical institutes. Higher education in state-run educational establishments is provided on a competitive basis, a system of numerus clausus is enforced through a national database on student admissions. However, every higher educat...
When was the Bologna process adopted?
{ "answer_start": [ 44 ], "text": [ "2006" ] }
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Portugal
The Bologna process has been adopted, since 2006, by Portuguese universities and poly-technical institutes. Higher education in state-run educational establishments is provided on a competitive basis, a system of numerus clausus is enforced through a national database on student admissions. However, every higher educat...
What are most higher education student costs supported with?
{ "answer_start": [ 832 ], "text": [ "public money" ] }
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Portugal
The Bologna process has been adopted, since 2006, by Portuguese universities and poly-technical institutes. Higher education in state-run educational establishments is provided on a competitive basis, a system of numerus clausus is enforced through a national database on student admissions. However, every higher educat...
Over what age are higher education applicants considered mature?
{ "answer_start": [ 467 ], "text": [ "over 23 years old" ] }
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Portugal
The Ministry of Health is responsible for developing health policy as well as managing the SNS. Five regional health administrations are in charge of implementing the national health policy objectives, developing guidelines and protocols and supervising health care delivery. Decentralization efforts have aimed at shift...
What is the Ministry of Health responsible for?
{ "answer_start": [ 42 ], "text": [ "developing health policy as well as managing the SNS" ] }
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Portugal
The Ministry of Health is responsible for developing health policy as well as managing the SNS. Five regional health administrations are in charge of implementing the national health policy objectives, developing guidelines and protocols and supervising health care delivery. Decentralization efforts have aimed at shift...
How many regional health administrations exist in Portugal?
{ "answer_start": [ 96 ], "text": [ "Five" ] }
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Portugal
The Ministry of Health is responsible for developing health policy as well as managing the SNS. Five regional health administrations are in charge of implementing the national health policy objectives, developing guidelines and protocols and supervising health care delivery. Decentralization efforts have aimed at shift...
What are the regional health administrations in charge of?
{ "answer_start": [ 150 ], "text": [ "implementing the national health policy objectives, developing guidelines and protocols and supervising health care delivery" ] }
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Portugal
Similar to the other Eur-A countries, most Portuguese die from noncommunicable diseases. Mortality from cardiovascular diseases (CVD) is higher than in the eurozone, but its two main components, ischaemic heart disease and cerebrovascular disease, display inverse trends compared with the Eur-A, with cerebrovascular dis...
What do most Portuguese people die from?
{ "answer_start": [ 63 ], "text": [ "noncommunicable diseases" ] }
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Portugal
Similar to the other Eur-A countries, most Portuguese die from noncommunicable diseases. Mortality from cardiovascular diseases (CVD) is higher than in the eurozone, but its two main components, ischaemic heart disease and cerebrovascular disease, display inverse trends compared with the Eur-A, with cerebrovascular dis...
What are the two main components of cardiovascular disease?
{ "answer_start": [ 195 ], "text": [ "ischaemic heart disease and cerebrovascular disease" ] }
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Portugal
Similar to the other Eur-A countries, most Portuguese die from noncommunicable diseases. Mortality from cardiovascular diseases (CVD) is higher than in the eurozone, but its two main components, ischaemic heart disease and cerebrovascular disease, display inverse trends compared with the Eur-A, with cerebrovascular dis...
What is the biggest killer in Portugal?
{ "answer_start": [ 301 ], "text": [ "cerebrovascular disease" ] }
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Portugal
Similar to the other Eur-A countries, most Portuguese die from noncommunicable diseases. Mortality from cardiovascular diseases (CVD) is higher than in the eurozone, but its two main components, ischaemic heart disease and cerebrovascular disease, display inverse trends compared with the Eur-A, with cerebrovascular dis...
What percentage of Portuguese people die less often from cancer than in the Eur-A?
{ "answer_start": [ 398 ], "text": [ "12%" ] }
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Portugal
Similar to the other Eur-A countries, most Portuguese die from noncommunicable diseases. Mortality from cardiovascular diseases (CVD) is higher than in the eurozone, but its two main components, ischaemic heart disease and cerebrovascular disease, display inverse trends compared with the Eur-A, with cerebrovascular dis...
Who is cancer more common among in Portugal?
{ "answer_start": [ 533 ], "text": [ "children as well as among women younger than 44 years" ] }
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Portugal
People are usually well informed about their health status, the positive and negative effects of their behaviour on their health and their use of health care services. Yet their perceptions of their health can differ from what administrative and examination-based data show about levels of illness within populations. Th...
What survey results complement on data on health status?
{ "answer_start": [ 348 ], "text": [ "self-reporting at the household level" ] }
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Portugal
People are usually well informed about their health status, the positive and negative effects of their behaviour on their health and their use of health care services. Yet their perceptions of their health can differ from what administrative and examination-based data show about levels of illness within populations. Th...
What number of Portuguese adults rated their health as good or very good?
{ "answer_start": [ 455 ], "text": [ "one third" ] }
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Portugal
Portugal has developed a specific culture while being influenced by various civilizations that have crossed the Mediterranean and the European continent, or were introduced when it played an active role during the Age of Discovery. In the 1990s and 2000s (decade), Portugal modernized its public cultural facilities, in ...
Portugal modernized its public cultural facilities during what two decades?
{ "answer_start": [ 239 ], "text": [ "1990s and 2000s" ] }
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Portugal
Portugal has developed a specific culture while being influenced by various civilizations that have crossed the Mediterranean and the European continent, or were introduced when it played an active role during the Age of Discovery. In the 1990s and 2000s (decade), Portugal modernized its public cultural facilities, in ...
In what year was the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation established?
{ "answer_start": [ 382 ], "text": [ "1956" ] }
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Portugal
Portugal has developed a specific culture while being influenced by various civilizations that have crossed the Mediterranean and the European continent, or were introduced when it played an active role during the Age of Discovery. In the 1990s and 2000s (decade), Portugal modernized its public cultural facilities, in ...
Where was the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation established?
{ "answer_start": [ 390 ], "text": [ "Lisbon" ] }
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Portugal
Portugal has developed a specific culture while being influenced by various civilizations that have crossed the Mediterranean and the European continent, or were introduced when it played an active role during the Age of Discovery. In the 1990s and 2000s (decade), Portugal modernized its public cultural facilities, in ...
What are some examples of Portugal's public cultural facilities?
{ "answer_start": [ 416 ], "text": [ "Belém Cultural Centre in Lisbon, Serralves Foundation and the Casa da Música" ] }
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Portugal
Portugal has developed a specific culture while being influenced by various civilizations that have crossed the Mediterranean and the European continent, or were introduced when it played an active role during the Age of Discovery. In the 1990s and 2000s (decade), Portugal modernized its public cultural facilities, in ...
How many UNESCO World Heritage Sites is Portugal home to?
{ "answer_start": [ 686 ], "text": [ "fifteen" ] }
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Portugal
Traditional architecture is distinctive and include the Manueline, also known as Portuguese late Gothic, a sumptuous, composite Portuguese style of architectural ornamentation of the first decades of the 16th century. A 20th-century interpretation of traditional architecture, Soft Portuguese style, appears extensively ...
What is the Manueline style also known as?
{ "answer_start": [ 81 ], "text": [ "Portuguese late Gothic" ] }