Europe · DX entity · DXCC 272

Portugal

Portugal is a DX entity in Europe, in CQ zone 14 and ITU zone 37. Its primary prefix is CT.

Flag of Portugal.

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Figure 1. Portugal and its districts, with neighbouring land in grey. Hover for names; scroll to zoom. Boundaries: Natural Earth, Admin 0 Map Subunits and Admin 1 States and Provinces, 1:10m, version 5.1.2 (13 May 2022), public domain, retrieved 2026-10-15. https://www.naturalearthdata.com/. DX entity boundaries assembled by The DX Atlas Project from the sources named, one recipe row per DXCC entity (subunits matched, merged, split by box or carved from a parent; DXEntity-Recipe.md), 2026. Simplified for this page to 0.005461 degrees, about 608 m; exported 30 October 2026. Projection: Lambert azimuthal equal-area centred on 39.6° N 7.9° W.

Data sheet

DXCC entity code	272
Name in the ADIF standard	PORTUGAL
Continent	Europe
Primary prefix	CT
CQ zone	14
ITU zone	37

Prefixes

CT is the primary prefix. The country files list 4 prefixes and prefix blocks for Portugal.

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CT CQ CR CS

Sources: Jim Reisert AD1C, Big CTY country files, 15 September 2026. https://www.country-files.com/ (MIT licence); ADIF Development Group, ADIF Specification version 3.1.8 (2026-10-12), DXCC Entity Code enumeration. https://adif.org/; ARRL, DXCC List (current and deleted entities), January 2026. https://www.arrl.org/country-lists-prefixes; Flag: Flagpedia.net (flagcdn.com), SVG, public domain, retrieved 2026-10-10.