Lisbon Metropolitan Area
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Lisbon Metropolitan Area Área Metropolitana de Lisboa |
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 Map showing the Lisbon Metropolitan Area. |
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| Municipalities | Alcochete, Almada, Barreiro, Amadora, Cascais, Lisbon, Loures, Mafra, Moita, Montijo, Odivelas, Oeiras, Palmela, Seixal, Sintra, Sesimbra, Setúbal and Vila Franca de Xira. |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,015.24 km2 (1,164.19 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 2,821,876 |
| • Density | 940/km2 (2,400/sq mi) |
| GDP(nominal) | 2014 |
| - Total | €64 billion |
| - Per capita | €23,000 |
| Website | A.M. Lisboa |
Lisbon Metropolitan Area (Portuguese: Área Metropolitana de Lisboa, or AML) is an administrative division that includes 18 municipalities (concelhos) in Portugal and is a designated Level II and Level III Portuguese NUTS region.
The Lisbon Metropolitan Area, centered in the Portuguese capital city of Lisbon, is the largest population concentration in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 2,821,876, of which 547,733 (19.4%) lives in the city of Lisbon. 26.7% of the total population of Portugal lives in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area. The area of the Lisbon Metropolitan Area is 3,015.24 km², which is 3.3% of the toal area of Portugal.
The Lisbon Metropolitan Area (AML) has an active population of about 1.3 million people. With 32.7% of the national employment being located in its territory, the contribution of AML for the Gross Domestic Product surpasses 36%.
Today, Lisbon Metropolitan Area (AML) territory is almost the same as Lisbon Region territory, being AML a union of metropolitan municipalities, and Lisbon Region a NUTS II region.
The municipalities north of the Tagus River are from Lisbon District (Grande Lisboa), those south of the river are from Setubal District (Península de Setúbal).
The Metropolitan Area of Lisbon was a semi-official structure. Recently, Portugal has been incrementing the powers held by these territorial organization organs. In the officialization of the Lisbon Great Metropolitan Area, Azambuja left due to being mostly a rustic zone, more kindred to the city of Santarém which lies just 23 km NE, while Lisbon is 45 km away from Azambuja, SE.
In the official AML site is said:
As stated on the law 10/2003, of the 13 of May, the Grande Área Metropolitana de Lisboa (Lisbon Great Metropolitan Area) is a public collective person of associative nature, and of territorial scope that aims to reach common public interests of the municipalities that integrate it, that includes (18 City Halls) – Alcochete, Almada, Barreiro, Cascais, Lisboa, Loures, Mafra, Moita, Montijo, Odivelas, Oeiras, Palmela, Sesimbra, Setúbal, Seixal, Sintra and Vila Franca de Xira.
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