Porto

Porto
Porto
	Municipality
	Frae the tap left corner clockwise: Clérigos Touer; Palácio da Bolsa; Avenida dos Aliados; Kirk o São Francisco; Porto Cathedral; Porto Ceety Haw; Ribeira
	Banner Coat airms
	Etymology: Portuguese: "port" (or O porto "the port")
	Eik-name(s): A Cidade Invicta (The Unvanquished Ceety) A Cidade da Virgem (The Ceety o the Virgin)
	Motto(s): Antiga, Mui Nobre, Sempre Leal e Invicta (Auld, Maist Noble, Ayeweys Leal an Undefeated)
	Porto Location within Portugal Porto Location within Europe
	Coordinates: 41°9′43.71″N 8°37′19.03″W / 41.1621417°N 8.6219528°WCoordinates: 41°9′43.71″N 8°37′19.03″W / 41.1621417°N 8.6219528°W
Kintra	Portugal
Region	Norte
Subregion	Grande Porto
Destrict	Porto
Settlement	275 BOT
Municipality	868
Ceevil pairishes	7
Govrenment
• Teep	LAU
• Bodi	Concelho/Câmara Municipal
• Mayor	Rui Moreira
• Municipal Chair	Miguel Pereira Leite
Area
• Total	41.42 km2 (15.99 sq mi)
Elevation	104 m (341 ft)
Population
• Total	237,591
• Density	5,700/km2 (15,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (WEST)
Postal Zone	4000-286 Porto
Area code(s)	(+351) 22
Demonym	Portuense
Patron Saunt	Nossa Senhora de Vandoma
Municipal Halidays	24 Juin (São João)
Website	http://www.cm-porto.pt
	Geographic detail from CAOP (2010) produced by Instituto Geográfico Português (IGP)
UNESCO Warld Heritage Steid
Offeecial name	Historic Centre o Porto
Criteria	iv
Reference	755
Inscription	1996 (20t Session)

Porto (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpoɾtu]), cried Oporto (Inglis) an aa, is the seicont lairgest ceety in Portugal. Its admeenistrative limits (an aurie o 41.66 km²/16 sq.mi) includes a population of 220,000 inhabitants distributit athin 15 ceevil parishes. The urbanized aurie o Porto, which extends ayont the admeenistrative limits o the ceety, haes a population o 1.1 million^[3]^[4] in an area of 389 km² (150 sq mi),^[3] making it the second-lairgest urban area in Portugal. The Porto metropolitan aurie includes approximately 1.3 million fowk,^[5]^[6]^[7] an is recognized as a Gamma-level global ceety bi the Globalization and World Cities (GaWC) Study Group.

Internaitional relations eedit

Twin touns — Sister ceeties eedit

Porto is twinned wi:^[8]

Bordeaux, Fraunce^[8]
Bristol, Ingland, UK^[8]^[9]
Pernik, Bulgarie
Duruelo de la Sierra, Castile an León, Spain^[8]
Jena, Germany^[8]
León, Castile an León, Spain^[8]

Pairtner ceeties an touns eedit

Athin the context o development cooperation, Porto is forby linked tae:

Porto
Ponte Dom Luis I.
Avenida dos Aliados
Pelourinho
Old ceety
Kirk Santa Clara
Sandeman
Port wine

References eedit

↑ "Portugal International Dialing Code". Archived frae the original on 30 Apryle 2010. Retrieved 12 September 2010.
↑ IGP, ed. (2010), Carta Administrativa Oficial de Portugal (in Portuguese), Lisbon, Portugal: Instituto Geográfico Português, archived frae the original on 3 Julie 2014, retrieved 1 Julie 2011 Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (help) Archived 2014-07-03 at the Wayback Machine
↑ ^a ^b Demographia: World Urban Areas, March 2010
↑ Urban Audit – Larger Urban Zone. "Lisboa". Archived frae the original on 19 November 2011.
↑ Unitit Naitions Depairtment o Economic an Social Affairs, World Urbanization Prospects (2009 revision) Archived 2013-10-31 at the Wayback Machine, (United Nations, 2010), Table A.12. Data for 2007.
↑ European Spatial Planning Observation Network, Study on Urban Functions (Project 1.4.3) Archived 2009-07-28 at the Wayback Machine, Final Report, Chapter 3, (ESPON, 2007)
↑ Thomas Brinkoff, Principal Agglomerations of the World, accessed on 2009-03-12. Data for 2009-01-01.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "International Relations of the City of Porto" (PDF). © 2006–2009 Municipal Directorateofthe PresidencyServices InternationalRelationsOffice. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 13 Januar 2012. Retrieved 10 Julie 2009.
↑ "Bristol City – Town twinning". © 2009 Bristol City Council. Archived frae the original on 28 Julie 2011. Retrieved 17 Julie 2009. freemit airtin in |publisher= (help)
↑ "Sister Cities of Nagasaki City". © 2008–2009 International Affairs Section Nagasaki City Hall. Archived frae the original on 29 Julie 2009. Retrieved 10 Julie 2009. freemit airtin in |publisher= (help)

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[urlPortugal_International_Dialing_Code-1] "Portugal International Dialing Code". Archived frae the original on 30 Apryle 2010. Retrieved 12 September 2010.

[2] IGP, ed. (2010), Carta Administrativa Oficial de Portugal (in Portuguese), Lisbon, Portugal: Instituto Geográfico Português, archived frae the original on 3 Julie 2014, retrieved 1 Julie 2011 Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (help) Archived 2014-07-03 at the Wayback Machine

[World_Urban_Areas-3] Demographia: World Urban Areas, March 2010

[4] Urban Audit – Larger Urban Zone. "Lisboa". Archived frae the original on 19 November 2011.

[5] Unitit Naitions Depairtment o Economic an Social Affairs, World Urbanization Prospects (2009 revision) Archived 2013-10-31 at the Wayback Machine, (United Nations, 2010), Table A.12. Data for 2007.

[6] European Spatial Planning Observation Network, Study on Urban Functions (Project 1.4.3) Archived 2009-07-28 at the Wayback Machine, Final Report, Chapter 3, (ESPON, 2007)

[7] Thomas Brinkoff, Principal Agglomerations of the World, accessed on 2009-03-12. Data for 2009-01-01.

[Porto_International-8] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "International Relations of the City of Porto" (PDF). © 2006–2009 Municipal Directorateofthe PresidencyServices InternationalRelationsOffice. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 13 Januar 2012. Retrieved 10 Julie 2009.

[Bristol-9] "Bristol City – Town twinning". © 2009 Bristol City Council. Archived frae the original on 28 Julie 2011. Retrieved 17 Julie 2009. freemit airtin in |publisher= (help)

[Nagasaki_City_Hall-10] "Sister Cities of Nagasaki City". © 2008–2009 International Affairs Section Nagasaki City Hall. Archived frae the original on 29 Julie 2009. Retrieved 10 Julie 2009. freemit airtin in |publisher= (help)

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Porto
Municipality
Frae the tap left corner clockwise: Clérigos Touer; Palácio da Bolsa; Avenida dos Aliados; Kirk o São Francisco; Porto Cathedral; Porto Ceety Haw; Ribeira
Banner Coat airms
Etymology: Portuguese: "port" (or O porto "the port")
Eik-name(s): A Cidade Invicta (The Unvanquished Ceety) A Cidade da Virgem (The Ceety o the Virgin)
Motto(s): Antiga, Mui Nobre, Sempre Leal e Invicta (Auld, Maist Noble, Ayeweys Leal an Undefeated)
Porto Location within Portugal Show map of Portugal Porto Location within Europe Show map of Europe
Coordinates: 41°9′43.71″N 8°37′19.03″W / 41.1621417°N 8.6219528°W / 41.1621417; -8.6219528Coordinates: 41°9′43.71″N 8°37′19.03″W / 41.1621417°N 8.6219528°W / 41.1621417; -8.6219528
Kintra	Portugal
Region	Norte
Subregion	Grande Porto
Destrict	Porto
Settlement	275 BOT
Municipality	868
Ceevil pairishes	7
Govrenment
• Teep	LAU
• Bodi	Concelho/Câmara Municipal
• Mayor	Rui Moreira
• Municipal Chair	Miguel Pereira Leite
Area
• Total	41.42 km² (15.99 sq mi)
Elevation	104 m (341 ft)
Population
• Total	237,591
• Density	5,700/km² (15,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (WEST)
Postal Zone	4000-286 Porto
Area code(s)	(+351) 22^[1]
Demonym	Portuense
Patron Saunt	Nossa Senhora de Vandoma
Municipal Halidays	24 Juin (São João)
Website	http://www.cm-porto.pt
Geographic detail from CAOP (2010)^[2] produced by Instituto Geográfico Português (IGP)
UNESCO Warld Heritage Steid
Offeecial name	Historic Centre o Porto
Criteria	iv
Reference	755
Inscription	1996 (20t Session)