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The BUPi project

BUPi (Digital Land Cadastre) was launched as a pilot in 2017, with the goal of understanding the Portuguese territory through a simple and innovative approach.

We wanted to respond to a long-standing challenge: the lack of knowledge about our land and the difficulty in taking preventive measures for its protection.

Explore the path we’ve taken so far and what we’ve already achieved.

Our goals

Territorial planning
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Resource enhancement
Ícone com eólicas representante da valorização de recursos
Landowner identification
Ícone representante da identificação das propriedades
Wildfire prevention
Ícone de chama de fogo representante da prevenção dos incêndios
The pilot project

We began work at the end of 2017 and, by 2019, the effort paid off: BUPi was authorised to expand across the country.

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The 10 municipalities

These were the municipalities where BUPi first took shape:

  • Alfândega da Fé
  • Caminha
  • Castanheira de Pera
  • Figueiró dos Vinhos
  • Góis
  • Pampilhosa da Serra
  • Pedrógão Grande
  • Penela
  • Proença-a-Nova
  • Sertã

The results

677.865 TAX AUTHORITY LAND CERTIFICATES92% of the municipal area
261.735 REGISTRATIONS13.8% of the municipal area
60.958 PLOTS22% of the municipal area
In total: Over 50% of the municipal area now known

How BUPi is impacting Portugal

Knowing our land offers advantages across multiple areas. Data collected through the BUPi platform is integrated into the BUPi Information Systems, which are then made available through an interoperability module shared by various services. BUPi helps the State understand the territory and makes that knowledge accessible to all — including citizens.

BUPi allows citizens to:

  • Protect what is theirs: Identifying and registering land is essential to secure property rights.
  • Save time when buying or selling: Land registration is mandatory for transactions involving rural and mixed-use properties.
  • Benefit from free registration until 2025: Land registration through BUPi is completely free of charge until the end of 2025.
  • Protect what belongs to all of us: Understanding the territory supports preventive conservation, such as wildfire prevention.

Knowing property limits and ownership is key for municipalities to plan and manage their territory. This knowledge enables sustainable development and value creation for communities.

Explore some of our case studies.

Collaboration among public administration entities enables more efficient use and sharing of territorial information across different domains.

It also spares citizens from having to present information that is already held by the State.

The BUPi interoperability platform accelerates the creation of new knowledge layers within the public administration, supporting better planning and resource management.

Synergies between scientific institutions and higher education have streamlined the identification of territory, enriching existing databases with new data layers and creating new sources of information.

Combining and processing data through artificial intelligence systems will extract even more knowledge, generate economic opportunities and increase employment — particularly in these regions — helping to reduce inequalities.

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The eBUPi team

eBUPi (Mission Structure for the Expansion of the Simplified Land Information System) is the team that manages the BUPi project.


Its mission is to continue expanding the project nationwide and develop the information and interoperability systems that support BUPi.

The future of BUPi

At BUPi, we want to keep growing and delivering value for citizens, municipalities, and institutions. Our 2025 Action Plan includes objectives to better support citizens in identifying their land and new ways of using this data to develop the country.

See how we plan to expand the project and generate even more value.

Awards and recognitions

BUPi continues to innovate and strengthen our understanding of Portuguese territory.

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