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  2. Porto metropolitan area - Wikipedia

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    The Porto metropolitan area is the second largest metropolitan area of Portugal, with about 1.7 million people. It groups the larger Porto Urban Area, the second largest in the country, assembled by the municipalities of Porto, Matosinhos, Vila Nova de Gaia, Gondomar, Valongo and Maia. It also includes three smaller urban areas: Póvoa de ...

  3. Leixões - Wikipedia

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    The Port of Leixões (Portuguese: Porto de Leixões, pronounced [lɐjˈʃõjʃ]) is one of Portugal's major seaports, located 4 km north of the mouth of the Douro River, in Matosinhos municipality, near the city of Porto. Leixões Sport Club, commonly known simply as Leixões, is Matosinhos' sports club.

  4. List of ports in Portugal - Wikipedia

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    The next list is a list of the main cargo ports in Portugal, also including ports located in the Azores and Madeira islands. These ports are included in APP – Associação dos Portos de Portugal , a non-profit association with the objective of exchanging information and debates, contributing to the modernization of the national system of ...

  5. Metropolitan areas in Portugal - Wikipedia

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    Since the 2013 local government reform, there are two metropolitan areas: Lisbon and Porto. [1] The metropolitan areas of Lisbon and Porto were created in 1991. [ 2 ] A law passed in 2003 supported the creation of more metropolitan areas, under the conditions that they consisted of at least nine municipalities ( concelho s) and had at least ...

  6. Subdivisions of Portugal - Wikipedia

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    The subdivisions of Portugal are based on a complicated administrative structure. The second-level administrative division , after the 7 regions and 2 autonomous regions , is 308 municipalities ( concelhos ) which are further subdivided into 3091 civil parishes ( freguesias ).

  7. Porto District - Wikipedia

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    The District of Porto (Portuguese: Distrito do Porto ⓘ) is located on the north-west coast of Portugal. The district capital is the city of Porto , the second largest city in the country. It is bordered by the Aveiro and Viseu districts to the south, Braga district to the north and Vila Real district to the east.

  8. List of cities in Portugal - Wikipedia

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    Portugal's two metropolitan areas, Lisbon with over 2.8 million inhabitants and Porto with over 1.7 million inhabitants, are the largest agglomerations in the country. In the two metropolitan areas, in addition to the large cities of Lisbon and Porto, there are other cities that together form the metropolitan area.

  9. Matosinhos - Wikipedia

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    Matosinhos (Portuguese pronunciation: [mɐtuˈziɲuʃ] ⓘ) is a city and a municipality in the district of Porto in Portugal.The municipality covers an area of approximately 62.42 square kilometres (24.10 sq mi) [1] and had 172,557 inhabitants in 2021. [2]