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| Porto | |||
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| Municipality | |||
 Frae the tap left corner clockwise: Clérigos Touer; Palácio da Bolsa; Avenida dos Aliados; Kirk o São Francisco; Porto Cathedral; Porto Ceety Haw; Ribeira | |||
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| Etymology: Portuguese: "port" (or O porto "the port") | |||
| Nickname(s): A Cidade Invicta (The Unvanquished Ceety) A Cidade da Virgem (The Ceety o the Virgin) | |||
| Motto(s): Antiga, Mui Nobre, Sempre Leal e Invicta (Auld, Maist Noble, Ayeweys Leal an Undefeated) | |||
  Porto Location within Portugal  Porto Location within Europe | |||
| Coordinates: 41°9′43.71″N 8°37′19.03″W / 41.1621417°N 8.6219528°WCoordinates: 41°9′43.71″N 8°37′19.03″W / 41.1621417°N 8.6219528°W | |||
| Kintra |
 Portugal | ||
| Region | Norte | ||
| Subregion | Grande Porto | ||
| Destrict | Porto | ||
| Settlement | 275 BOT | ||
| Municipality | 868 | ||
| Ceevil pairishes | 7 | ||
| Govrenment | |||
| • Teep | LAU | ||
| • Bouk | Concelho/Câmara Municipal | ||
| • Mayor | Rui Moreira | ||
| • Municipal Chair | Miguel Pereira Leite | ||
| Aurie | |||
| • Total | 41.42 km2 (15.99 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 104 m (341 ft) | ||
| Population | |||
| • Tot | 237,591 | ||
| • Density | 5,700/km2 (15,000/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | WET (UTC0) | ||
| • Simmer (DST) | WEST (UTC+1) | ||
| Postal Zone | 4000-286 Porto | ||
| Aurie code(s) | (+351) 22[1] | ||
| Demonym | Portuense | ||
| Patron Saunt | Nossa Senhora de Vandoma | ||
| Municipal Halidays | 24 Juin (São João) | ||
| Wabsteid | http://www.cm-porto.pt | ||
| Geographic detail from CAOP (2010)[2] produced by Instituto Geográfico Português (IGP) | |||
| UNESCO Warld Heritage Steid | |||
| Offeecial name | Historic Centre o Porto | ||
| Criteria | iv | ||
| Reference | 755 | ||
| Inscription | 1996 (20t Session) | ||
Porto (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpoɾtu]), an aa kent as Oporto (Inglis), is the seicont lairgest ceety in Portugal. Its admeenistrative limits (an aurie o 41.66 km²/16 sq.mi) includes a population of 220,000 inhabitants distributit athin 15 ceevil parishes. The urbanized aurie o Porto, which extends ayont the admeenistrative limits o the ceety, haes a population o 1.1 million[3][4] in an area of 389 km2 (150 sq mi),[3] making it the second-lairgest urban area in Portugal. The Porto metropolitan aurie includes approximately 1.3 million fowk,[5][6][7] an is recognized as a Gamma-level global ceety bi the Globalization and World Cities (GaWC) Study Group.
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- ↑ "Portugal International Dialing Code". Retrieved 12 September 2010.
- ↑ IGP, ed. (2010), Carta Administrativa Oficial de Portugal (in Portuguese), Lisbon, Portugal: Instituto Geográfico Português, archived frae the oreeginal on 3 July 2014, retrieved 1 July 2011
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Demographia: World Urban Areas, March 2010
- ↑ Urban Audit – Larger Urban Zone. "Lisboa".
- ↑ Unitit Naitions Depairtment o Economic an Social Affairs, World Urbanization Prospects (2009 revision), (United Nations, 2010), Table A.12. Data for 2007.
- ↑ European Spatial Planning Observation Network, Study on Urban Functions (Project 1.4.3), Final Report, Chapter 3, (ESPON, 2007)
- ↑ Thomas Brinkoff, Principal Agglomerations of the World, accessed on 2009-03-12. Data for 2009-01-01.
- ↑ 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 "International Relations of the City of Porto" (PDF). © 2006–2009 Municipal Directorateofthe PresidencyServices InternationalRelationsOffice. Retrieved 10 July 2009.
- ↑ "Bristol City – Town twinning". © 2009 Bristol City Council. Retrieved 17 July 2009. Freemit airtin in
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