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The headquarters of the metropolitan area are located in Avenida dos Aliados. The metropolitan area is governed by the Junta Metropolitana do Porto (JMP), headquartered in Avenida dos Aliados, in downtown Porto under the presidency of Hermínio Loureiro, also the mayor of Oliveira de Azeméis municipality, since the Municipal Elections held in 2013, when he succeeded Rui Rio, mayor of Porto.
The metropolitan area (Portuguese: área metropolitana) is a type of administrative division in Portugal. 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]
[1] [10] Porto's metropolitan area has around 1.8 million people (2023) [1] in an area of 2,395 km 2 (925 sq mi), [11] making it the second-largest urban area in Portugal. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] [ 14 ] It is recognized as a global city with a Gamma + rating from the Globalization and World Cities Research Network .
In 1993, the area encompassing the Santa Justa, Pias, and Castiçal mountains was included in a proposal for a metropolitan park, envisioned as part of a structural ecological corridor. Its purpose was to serve as a green buffer and contribute to the environmental balance of the entire Porto Metropolitan Area ecosystem.
By 2025, the population of Metro Cagayan de Oro is expected to reach a level that would allow it to be reclassified as a metropolitan area. [4] The official definition of each metropolitan area, as listed below, does not necessarily follow the actual extent of continuous urbanization.
Its main population center is the urban area of Porto, with about one million inhabitants; it includes a larger political metropolitan region with 1.8 million, and an urban-metropolitan agglomeration with 2.99 million inhabitants, including Porto and neighboring cities, such as Braga, Guimarães and Póvoa de Varzim. The Commission of Regional ...
Lisbon Metropolitan Area: 177400 2527,1 9 Matosinhos: Porto Metropolitan Area: North: 172669 2776,0 10 Oeiras: Lisbon Metropolitan Area: Lisbon Metropolitan Area: 171802 3759,3 11 Amadora: Lisbon Metropolitan Area: Lisbon Metropolitan Area: 171719 7215,1 12 Seixal: Lisbon Metropolitan Area: Lisbon Metropolitan Area: 166693 1745,5 13 Gondomar ...
The network has 6 lines and reaches seven municipalities within the metropolitan Porto area: Porto, Gondomar, Maia, Matosinhos, Póvoa de Varzim, Vila do Conde and Vila Nova de Gaia. It currently has a total of 85 operational stations across 70 kilometres (43 mi) of double track commercial line. Most of the system is at ground level or elevated ...