Norte Region, Portugal

	Norte
	Região Norte
	NUTS II Region (Região)
	Alto Douro, in the province o Trás os Montes e Alto Douro (northeast Norte). It's here that the Porto Wine is producit.
	Name oreegin: norte, Portuguese for north
Kintra	Portugal
Region	Norte
Capital	Porto
- coordinates	41°8′59″N 8°36′36″W / 41.14972°N 8.61000°WCoordinates: 41°8′59″N 8°36′36″W / 41.14972°N 8.61000°W
Lowest point	Sea level
- location	Atlantic Ocean
Area	21,278 km2 (8,215 sq mi)
Population	3,689,173 (2011)
Density	173.38/km2 (449/sq mi)
Timezone	WET (UTC+0)
- summer (DST)	WEST (UTC+1)
ISO	PT
NUTS	PT11
GDP per caipita (PPS)	€ 12,800
	Location o the Norte Region in context o the naitional borders
	Statistics frae INE (2005); geographic detail from Instituto Geográfico Português (2010)

Norte (Portuguese: Região Norte, IPA: [ʁɨʒiˈɐ̃w ˈnɔɾt(ɨ)]; "North Region") is a region in the northren pairt o Portugal. It is a land o dense vegetation an profoond historic an cultural walth. Its caipital is the city o Porto. The region haes 3,689,173 inhabitants accordin tae the 2011 census,^[2] an its aurie is 21,278 km² (densitie o 173 inhabitants per square kilometre). It is ane o five regions o Mainland Portugal (NUTS II subdiveesions). Northren Portugal is a culturally variet region, thus historical rivalries atween different neeburin cities an touns are common, unlike ither Portuguese regions whare ilka city an toun is culturally raither seemlir.

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[eurostat-1] "GDP per inhabitant in 2006 ranged from 25% of the EU27 average in Nord-Est in Romania to 336% in Inner London" (PDF). Eurostat.

[INE-2] "Censos 2011 Resultados Preliminares 2011". INE.

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