Indawo yendawo ye- ILisbon Metropolitan Area ihlukaniswe yaba ngu Omasipala abangama-18. Inabantu abalingana cishe Izigidi ezingu-3, ingxenye yesine yenani labantu basePortugal.
Kusukela ekuguqulweni kuka-1974, iLisbon yenze izinguquko eziningana ekuphathweni nasekulawulweni kukahulumeni, ngakho-ke ithonya lamasiko, ezepolitiki nezenhlalo lamaqembu ahlukene ligcine likhiqize isikhungo sabantu abahlukumezekile, esinomehluko omkhulu wamasiko nezokuphatha.
Omasipala baseLisbon Metropolitan Area bahlanganisa i-Oeiras, Amadora, Cascais, Lisbon, Loures neSeixal, phakathi kwabanye. Ngayinye inabantu abaningi futhi amafemu ahlukene nezinkampani zamazwe ngamazwe zisungulwe endaweni ezungezile.
Njengakwezinye izizwe, iLisbon, ngaphakathi kwayo, ine- idolobha elinempilo yalo. Kungakho izinqumo zezepolitiki nezomnotho zibaluleke kangaka futhi zivela lapha, futhi lokho kuchaza ukuthi kungani abantu abangaphezu kuka-¼ besibalo sonke sezwe bahlala eduze kwesikhungo esithatha izinqumo.
I-Las izifunda zamasiko zithonya nokusatshalaliswa kwamandla nethonya eLisbon. Indawo yayo yedolobha elikhulu yakhiwa izifunda ezahlukahlukene lapho ezokuvakasha zingenye ukhiye, ngoba ihlanganisa izigidi zama-euro amaPutukezi afuna ukuzithola.