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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.
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.
The official definition of each metropolitan area, as listed below, does not necessarily follow the actual extent of continuous urbanization. For example, the built-up area of Metro Manila has long spilled out of its borders into the adjacent provinces of Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, and Rizal. [5]
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]
Map of the Porto network with the map of the Porto Metro. The CP Urban Services in the greater Porto area consists of 4 main lines, linking Porto Terminus São Bento Station (Estação de São Bento) in Porto Downtown with the cities of Braga, Guimarães, Aveiro and Penafiel.
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Porto metropolitan area [17] Aveiro District [6] Arouca; Espinho; Oliveira de Azeméis; Santa Maria da Feira; São João da Madeira; Vale de Cambra; Porto District [11] Gondomar; Maia; Matosinhos; Paredes; Porto; Póvoa de Varzim; Santo Tirso; Trofa; Valongo; Vila do Conde; Vila Nova de Gaia; Alto Minho [10] Viana do Castelo District [10] Arcos ...
Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropolitan area, with an estimated population of just 248,769 people in a municipality with only 41.42 km 2 (16 sq mi).