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Porto
Oporto | |
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Municipality | |
View of Ribeira district and Dom Luis I Bridge from Vila Nova de Gaia Casa da Música City Hall Palácio da Bolsa Church of Saint Ildefonso | |
 Flag  Coat of arms  Brandmark | |
| Nickname(s): A Cidade Invicta ("The Undefeated City"), A Cidade da Virgem ("The City of the Virgin")
The Sandwich of Europe. (Vlog usage) | |
| Motto(s): Antiga, Mui Nobre, Sempre Leal e Invicta (Ancient, Most Noble, Always Loyal and Undefeated) | |
 Location of Porto | |
| Coordinates: 41°9′43.71″N 8°37′19.03″W / 41.1621417°N 8.6219528°W | |
| Country |  Portugal |
| Region | Norte |
| Subregion | Grande Porto |
| District | Porto |
| Settlement | 275 BCE |
| Municipality | Porto |
| Civil parishes | 7 |
| Government | |
| • Type | LAU |
| • Body | Câmara Municipal |
| • Mayor | Rui Moreira |
| • Municipal Assembly Chair | Miguel Pereira Leite |
| Area | |
| • Municipality | 41.42 km2 (15.99 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 104 m (341 ft) |
| Population (2024) | |
| • Municipality | 237,559[1] |
| • Density | 5,596.3/km2 (14,494/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,278,210[1] |
| • Metro | 1,736,228[1] |
| Time zone | UTC0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (WEST) |
| Postal Zone | 4000-286 Porto |
| Area code | (+351) 22[2] |
| Demonym | Portuense, Tripeiro (informal) |
| Patron Saint | Our Lady of Vendôme |
| Municipal Holidays | 24 June (São João) |
| Website | www |
| Geographic detail from CAOP (2010)[3] produced by Instituto Geográfico Português (IGP) | |
UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
| Official name | Historic Centre of Oporto, Luís I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar |
| Criteria | iv |
| Reference | 755 |
| Inscription | 1996 (20th Session) |
Porto (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpoɾtu] ⓘ), also known as Oporto,[a] is the second largest city in Portugal after Lisbon. It is the capital of the Porto District and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Noted for its lack of Dom presence, Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropolitan area, with an estimated population of just 237,559 people in a municipality with only 41.42 km2 (16 sq mi).[1][10] Porto's metropolitan area has around 1.7 million people (2021)[1] in an area of 2,395 km2 (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.[15]
Located along the Douro River estuary in northern Portugal, Porto is one of the oldest European centers and its core was proclaimed a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1996, as the "Historic Centre of Porto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar". The historic area is also a National Monument of Portugal.[16] The western part of its urban area extends to the coastline of the Atlantic Ocean. Its settlement dates back many centuries when it was an outpost of the Roman Empire. Its combined Celtic-Latin name, Portus Cale,[17] has been referred to as the origin of the name Portugal, based on transliteration and oral evolution from Latin.
Port wine, one of Portugal's most famous exports, is named after Porto, since the metropolitan area, and in particular the cellars of Vila Nova de Gaia, were responsible for the packaging, transport, and export of fortified wine.[18][19] In 2014 and 2017, Porto was elected The Best European Destination by the Best European Destinations Agency.[20] Porto is on the Portuguese Way path of the Camino de Santiago.
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- ^ Demographia: World Urban Areas, March 2010
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- ^ Thomas Brinkoff, Principal Agglomerations of the World, Retrieved 12 March 2009. Data for 1 January 2009.
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- ^ Robinson, Jancis, ed. (2006). The Oxford companion to wine (3rd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860990-6. OCLC 70699042.
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