Porto
municipality and city in Portugal / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Porto or Oporto[4] (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpoɾtu] (listen)) is the second-largest city in Portugal after Lisbon and one of the major urban areas of the Iberian Peninsula.
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Nickname(s): A Cidade Invicta ("The Undefeated City"), A Cidade da Virgem ("The City of the Virgin") | |
Motto(s): Antiga, Mui Nobre, Sempre Leal e Invicta (Ancient, Most Noble, Always Loyal and Undefeated) | |
Coordinates: 41°9′43.71″N 8°37′19.03″W | |
Country | Portugal |
Region | Norte |
Subregion | Grande Porto |
District | Porto |
Settlement | 275 BCE |
Municipality | 868 |
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 (2021) | |
• Municipality | 231,962[1] |
• Urban | 1,385,454[1] |
• Metro | 1,737,395[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) | |
Official name | Historic Centre of Oporto, Luís I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar |
Criteria | iv |
Reference | 755 |
Inscription | 1996 (20th Session) |
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The urban area of Porto, which extends beyond the administrative limits of the city, has a population of 2.4 million (2011) in an area of 389 km2(150 sq mi), making it the second-largest urban area in Portugal. It is recognized as a gamma level global city by the Globalization and World Cities (GaWC) Study Group, the only Portuguese city besides Lisbon to be recognised as a global city.