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Porto District

District of Portugal

Field	Value
name	Porto
settlement_type	District
image_flag	Flag of Porto.svg
image_shield	Porto COA.svg
image_map	Distrikt Porto in Portugal.svg
map_caption	Location of Porto within continental Portugal
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Portugal
subdivision_type1	Region
subdivision_name1	Norte
subdivision_type2	Historical province
subdivision_name2	Douro Litoral
subdivision_type3	No. of municipalities
subdivision_name3	18
subdivision_type4	No. of parishes
subdivision_name4	383
seat_type	Capital
seat	Porto
unit_pref	Metric
area_total_km2	2,395
population_total	1,817,172
population_density_km2	auto
iso_code	PT-13
blank_name_sec1	No. of parliamentary representatives
blank_info_sec1	39

Porto () is a district located on the north-west coast of Portugal. The district capital is the city of Porto, the second largest city in the country. It is bordered by the Aveiro and Viseu districts to the south, Braga district to the north and Vila Real district to the east.

Its area is 2395 km2 and its population is 1,817,172. In 2017, the main legal foreign populations were from Brazil (9,442), China (2,475), Ukraine (2,160), Italy (1,273), Spain (1,189), Angola (1,118), and Cape Verde (1,040). These numbers exclude those who obtained Portuguese citizenship, which is regular among recent Portuguese Brazilians or Portuguese-Africans.

Municipalities

The district comprises 18 municipalities:

Amarante [city]
Baião [town]
Felgueiras [city]
Gondomar [city]
Lousada [town]
Maia [city]
Marco de Canaveses [city]
Matosinhos [city]
Paços de Ferreira [city]
Paredes [city]
Penafiel [city]
Porto [main city]
Póvoa de Varzim [city]
Santo Tirso [city]
Trofa [city]
Valongo [city]
Vila do Conde [city]
Vila Nova de Gaia [city], the most populous municipality and the only municipality in Porto District located south of the Douro River.

All of the above Municipalities are Cities, except Baião and Lousada. Some municipalities include one or more cities;the municipality of Paredes has the most cities within its municipality: Paredes, Gandra, Rebordosa and São Salvador de Lordelo. Other cities in Porto district: Rio Tinto and Valbom (in Gondomar municipality), Ermesinde (in Valongo municipality), São Mamede de Infesta (in Matosinhos municipality), Freamunde (in Paços de Ferreira municipality) and Lixa (in Felgueiras municipality).

Main Airport

Porto Airport /Oporto Int.(OPO) Sá Carneiro, mostly located in Pedras Rubras, Moreira, Maia, Grande Porto.

Main Harbour

Leixões in Matosinhos, Porto area.

Summary of votes and seats won 1976–2022

Main article: Porto (Assembly of the Republic constituency),

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References

[https://sefstat.sef.pt/distritos.aspx Estrangeiros residentes em: Porto] – SEF

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