Porto | |||
Municipality (Concelho) | |||
From the top left corner clockwise: Clérigos Tower; Palácio da Bolsa; Avenida dos Aliados; Church of São Francisco; Porto Cathedral; Porto City Hall; Ribeira
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Official name: Concelho do Porto | |||
Name origin: Portuguese: "port" (or O porto "the port") | |||
Motto: Antiga, Mui Nobre, Sempre Leal e Invicta (Old, Very Noble, Always Loyal and Undefeated) | |||
Nickname: A Cidade Invicta (The Unvanquished City) A Cidade da Virgem (The City of the Virgin) | |||
Country | Portugal | ||
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Region | Norte | ||
Subregion | Grande Porto | ||
District | Porto | ||
Civil parishes | 7 | ||
River | Douro | ||
Center | Cedofeita | ||
- elevation | 104 m (341 ft) | ||
- 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 | ||
Highest point | Monte Tadeu | ||
- elevation | 149 m (489 ft) | ||
- coordinates | 41°9′22″N 8°36′4″W / 41.15611°N 8.60111°W | ||
Lowest point | Sea level | ||
- location | Atlantic Ocean, Foz do Douro, Porto | ||
- elevation | 0 m (0 ft) | ||
Length | 11.57 km (7 mi), Northwest-Southeast | ||
Width | 5.31 km (3 mi), North-South | ||
Area | 41.42 km2 (16 sq mi) | ||
- urban | 777 km2 (300 sq mi) | ||
- metro | 2,040 km2 (788 sq mi) | ||
Population | 287,591 (2011) | ||
- urban | 1,774,000 | ||
- metro | 2,162,524 | ||
Density | 6,943/km2 (17,982/sq mi) | ||
Settlement | 275 BOT | ||
- Municipality | 868 | ||
LAU | Concelho/Câmara Municipal | ||
- location | Praça General Humberto Delgado, Santo Ildefonso, Porto | ||
- elevation | 120 m (394 ft) | ||
- coordinates | 41°9′0″N 8°36′39″W / 41.15000°N 8.61083°W | ||
Mayor | Rui Moreira (Independent, supported by CDS-PP) | ||
Municipal Chair | Miguel Pereira Leite (CDS-PP) | ||
Timezone | WET (UTC0) | ||
- summer (DST) | WEST (UTC+1) | ||
ISO 3166-2 code | PT- | ||
Postal Zone | 4000-286 Porto | ||
Area Code & Prefix | (+351) 22 | ||
UNESCO World Heritage Site | |||
Name | Historic Centre of Porto | ||
Year | 1996 (#20) | ||
Number | 755 | ||
Region | Europe and North America | ||
Criteria | iv | ||
Demonym | Portuense | ||
Patron Saint | Nossa Senhora de Vandoma | ||
Municipal Holidays | 24 June (São João) | ||
Location of the municipality of Porto in continental Portugal
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Statistics: Instituto Nacional de Estatística | |||
Website: http://www.cm-porto.pt | |||
Geographic detail from CAOP (2010) produced by Instituto Geográfico Português (IGP) |
Porto (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpoɾtu]; also known as Oporto in English) is the second largest city in Portugal after Lisbon and one of the major urban areas of the Iberian Peninsula. The urban area of Porto, which extends beyond the administrative limits of the city, has a population of 2.1 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.
Located along the Douro river estuary in Northern Portugal, Porto is one of the oldest European centres, and its historical core was proclaimed a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1996. The western part of its urban area extends to the coastline of the Atlantic Ocean. Its settlement dates back many centuries, when it was an outpost of the Roman Empire. Its combined Celtic-Latin name, Portus Cale, has been referred to as the origin of the name "Portugal", based on transliteration and oral evolution from Latin. In Portuguese, the name of the city is spelled with a definite article ("o Porto"; English: the port). Consequently, its English name evolved from a misinterpretation of the oral pronunciation and referred to as Oporto in modern literature and by many speakers.
One of Portugal's internationally famous exports, port wine, is named for Porto, since the metropolitan area, and in particular the caves of Vila Nova de Gaia, were responsible for the packaging, transport and export of the fortified wine. In 2014 and 2017, Porto was elected The Best European Destination by the Best European Destinations Agency.