Porto
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Porto | |
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 Frae the tap left corner clockwise: Clérigos Touer; Palácio da Bolsa; Avenida dos Aliados; Kirk o São Francisco; Porto Cathedral; Porto Ceety Haw; Ribeira | |
 Banner  Coat airms | |
| Etymology: Portuguese: "port" (or O porto "the port") | |
| Eik-name(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 |
| • Bodi | Concelho/Câmara Municipal |
| • Mayor | Rui Moreira |
| • Municipal Chair | Miguel Pereira Leite |
| Area | |
| • Total | 41.42 km2 (15.99 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 104 m (341 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 237,591 |
| • Density | 5,700/km2 (15,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (WEST) |
| Postal Zone | 4000-286 Porto |
| Area code(s) | (+351) 22[1] |
| Demonym | Portuense |
| Patron Saunt | Nossa Senhora de Vandoma |
| Municipal Halidays | 24 Juin (São João) |
| Website | http://www.cm-porto.pt |
| Geographic detail from CAOP (2010)[2] produced by Instituto Geográfico Português (IGP) | |
| Offeecial name | Historic Centre o Porto |
| Criteria | iv |
| Reference | 755 |
| Inscription | 1996 (20t Session) |
Porto (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpoɾtu]), cried Oporto (Inglis) an aa, 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.
Internaitional relations
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Pairtner ceeties an touns
[eedit | eedit soorce]Athin the context o development cooperation, Porto is forby linked tae:
- Porto
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Ponte Dom Luis I. -
Avenida dos Aliados -
Pelourinho -
Old ceety -
Kirk Santa Clara -
Sandeman -
Port wine -
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "Portugal International Dialing Code". Archived frae the original on 30 Apryle 2010. Retrieved 12 September 2010.
- ↑ IGP, ed. (2010), Carta Administrativa Oficial de Portugal (in Portuguese), Lisbon, Portugal: Instituto Geográfico Português, archived frae the original on 3 Julie 2014, retrieved 1 Julie 2011 Unknown parameter
|deadurl=ignored (help) Archived 2014-07-03 at the Wayback Machine - ↑ a b Demographia: World Urban Areas, March 2010
- ↑ Urban Audit – Larger Urban Zone. "Lisboa". Archived frae the original on 19 November 2011.
- ↑ Unitit Naitions Depairtment o Economic an Social Affairs, World Urbanization Prospects (2009 revision) Archived 2013-10-31 at the Wayback Machine, (United Nations, 2010), Table A.12. Data for 2007.
- ↑ European Spatial Planning Observation Network, Study on Urban Functions (Project 1.4.3) Archived 2009-07-28 at the Wayback Machine, Final Report, Chapter 3, (ESPON, 2007)
- ↑ Thomas Brinkoff, Principal Agglomerations of the World, accessed on 2009-03-12. Data for 2009-01-01.
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k "International Relations of the City of Porto" (PDF). © 2006–2009 Municipal Directorateofthe PresidencyServices InternationalRelationsOffice. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 13 Januar 2012. Retrieved 10 Julie 2009.
- ↑ "Bristol City – Town twinning". © 2009 Bristol City Council. Archived frae the original on 28 Julie 2011. Retrieved 17 Julie 2009. freemit airtin in
|publisher=(help) - ↑ "Sister Cities of Nagasaki City". © 2008–2009 International Affairs Section Nagasaki City Hall. Archived frae the original on 29 Julie 2009. Retrieved 10 Julie 2009. freemit airtin in
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