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Valongo
Kirk o Valongo
Kirk o Valongo
Banner o Valongo
Banner
Coat of airms o Valongo
Coat airms
Kintra Portugal
RegionNorte
SubregionGrande Porto
Metropolitan auriePorto
DestrictPorto
Pairishes4
Govrenment
 • PresesJoão Paulo Baltazar (PSD)
Area
 • Total75.12 km2 (29.00 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total93,858
 • Density1,200/km2 (3,200/sq mi)
Time zoneWET/WEST (UTC+0/+1)
Coordinates41°11′N 8°30′W / 41.183°N 8.500°W / 41.183; -8.500Coordinates: 41°11′N 8°30′W / 41.183°N 8.500°W / 41.183; -8.500
Websitehttp://www.cm-valongo.pt/

Valongo (Portuguese pronunciation: [vɐˈlõɡu] ( listen)) is a Portuguese municipality locatit in the Porto Destrict. The ceety population is 18,698, an the municipality is componit o 4 pairishes, o which three are ceeties (Alfena, Valongo an Ermesinde). The population in 2011 wis 93,858,[1] in a aurie o 75.12 km².[2] The twa maist populous ceeties (an pairishes) in the Valongo municipality are Ermesinde, wi a population o 38,315, which is essentially a residential suburb o Porto an Alfena which haes the maist industry in the municipality.

It is the location o the respectit Magic Valongo magic festival.

Pairishes

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Admeenistratively, the municipality is dividit intae 4 ceevil pairishes (freguesias):[3]

References

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  1. Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  2. "Direção-Geral do Território". Archived frae the original on 29 September 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  3. Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 125" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 4 August 2014.

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