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Porto

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Porto
Oporto
Municipality
View of Ribeira district from Vila Nova de Gaia
Ribeira district and Dom Luis I Bridge from Vila Nova de Gaia
Casa da Música concert hall
Casa da Música
Porto City Hall
City Hall
Palácio da Bolsa
Palácio da Bolsa
Church of Saint Ildefonso
Church of Saint Ildefonso
Traditional tiles in Porto Cathedral
Porto Cathedral
Lello Bookshop
Lello Bookshop
Flag of Porto
Flag
Coat of arms of Porto
Coat of arms
Official logo of Porto
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)
Map
Location of Porto
Porto is located in Portugal
Porto
Porto
Porto is located in Europe
Porto
Porto
Coordinates: 41°9′43.71″N 8°37′19.03″W / 41.1621417°N 8.6219528°W / 41.1621417; -8.6219528
CountryPortugal
RegionNorte
SubregionGrande Porto
DistrictPorto
Settlement275 BCE
MunicipalityPorto
Civil parishes7
Government
 • TypeLAU
 • BodyCâmara Municipal
 • MayorRui Moreira
 • Municipal Assembly ChairMiguel Pereira Leite
Area
41.42 km2 (15.99 sq mi)
Elevation
104 m (341 ft)
Population
 (2023)
248,769[1]
 • Density5,596.3/km2 (14,494/sq mi)
 • Urban
1,375,679[1]
 • Metro
1,802,664[1]
Time zoneUTC0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (WEST)
Postal Zone
4000-286 Porto
Area code(+351) 22[2]
DemonymPortuense, Tripeiro (informal)
Patron SaintOur Lady of Vendôme
Municipal Holidays24 June (São João)
Websitewww.cm-porto.pt
Geographic detail from CAOP (2010)[3] produced by Instituto Geográfico Português (IGP)
Official nameHistoric Centre of Oporto, Luís I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar
Criteriaiv
Reference755
Inscription1996 (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. 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 km2 (16 sq mi).[1][10] Porto's metropolitan area has around 1.8 million people (2023)[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 to the 2nd century BC 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] Porto is on the Portuguese Way path of the Camino de Santiago. In 2014 and 2017, Porto was elected The Best European Destination by the Best European Destinations Agency.[20]

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  2. ^ "Portugal International Dialing Code". Archived from the original on 30 April 2010. Retrieved 12 September 2010.
  3. ^ IGP, ed. (2010), Carta Administrativa Oficial de Portugal (in Portuguese), Lisbon, Portugal: Instituto Geográfico Português, archived from the original on 3 July 2014, retrieved 1 July 2011
  4. ^ "Porto". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Oporto" (US) and "Oporto". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 15 June 2020.
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  10. ^ "Porto Population". World Population Review. 2 December 2019. Archived from the original on 18 March 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  11. ^ Demographia: World Urban Areas Archived 3 May 2018 at the Wayback Machine, March 2010
  12. ^ United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, World Urbanization Prospects (2009 revision), (United Nations, 2010), Table A.12. Data for 2007. Archived 31 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ^ European Spatial Planning Observation Network, Study on Urban Functions (Project 1.4.3), Final Report, Chapter 3, (ESPON, 2007) Archived 28 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  14. ^ Thomas Brinkoff, Principal Agglomerations of the World Archived 4 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved 12 March 2009. Data for 1 January 2009.
  15. ^ "The World According to GaWC 2020". GaWC – Research Network. Globalization and World Cities. Archived from the original on 24 August 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  16. ^ Centre, UNESCO World Heritage. "Historic Centre of Porto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Archived from the original on 18 August 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  17. ^ "Online Etymology Dictionary". Archived from the original on 8 May 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2006.
  18. ^ Robinson, Jancis, ed. (2006). The Oxford companion to wine (3rd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860990-6. OCLC 70699042.
  19. ^ Stevenson, Tom (2007). The Sotheby's Wine Encyclopedia. Sotheby's (4th ed.). New York City: DK. ISBN 978-0-7566-3164-2. OCLC 148799493.
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