Lisbon is the capital and the largest city in Portugal.
About 2.9 million people live in the Lisbon metropolitan area, which represents approximately 27% of the country's population.
Lisbon metropolitan area concentrates a significant number of a high degree of technology and R&D companies, 354.406 companies’ headquarters are located in this area.
It’s also the region with most employees in foreign enterprises and in high technology companies, compared with the national average.