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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]
In 1997, Cebu created the Metropolitan Cebu Development Council (MCDC), which was renamed the Metropolitan Cebu Development and Coordinating Board (MCDCB) in 2011. In 2022, Baguio [12] and Davao created their own metropolitan boards. Other proposed metropolitan boards include ones for Bulacan and Bataan.
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 ...
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. The Lisbon Metropolitan Area consists of the large city of Lisbon , but also the cities of Amadora , Queluz , Agualva-Cacém , etc.
[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 .
The Serras do Porto Park (Portuguese: Parque das Serras do Porto) is situated in the Porto Metropolitan Area, encompassing territories within the municipalities of Gondomar, Paredes, and Valongo. It is classified as a regional protected landscape. [ 1 ]
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