Lisbon, Geography and its Geographical Location

Lisbon, Geography and its Geographical Location geography The urban area of Lisbon corresponds to the district of Lisbon and covers an area of 84.7 km² with 504,718 inhabitants (as of 2016). Around 2,400,000 people live in the Lisbon district (as of 2015) and more than 30% of the Portuguese population live in the Lisbon metropolitan region with 3,200,414 people (as of 2015)[5]. The metropolitan region stretches over Grande Lisboa on the northern bank of the Tejo and the Península de Setúbal in the south. Geographical Location Lisbon is located on the Iberian Peninsula. The city lies on a bay on the northern bank of the Tejo estuary in the far southwest of Europe on the Atlantic coast. The Tejo, which spreads out shortly before its estuary, narrows on the last kilometres to the Atlantic. There the city stretches along the shore. From the shore it rises in steps on several hills. In Lisbon there are high hills and deep valley incisions. The highest elevation in the city reaches 226 meters. For a long time, the city has only developed along the Tejo. Since the 20th century, the capital has been steadily expanding inland.