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Porto

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Porto, also known in English as Oporto, 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. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Population
273,476 1
Area (sq km)
41.42 1
Founding Year
275 BCE 1
Population Estimate Year
2025 1
Elevation (m)
104 1
Latitude
41.15 degrees north 1
Longitude
8.6108 degrees west 1
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Associated With

Porto District, States or Territories

porto is associated with porto-district.

Source Porto District (Wikipedia)
Portugal, Countries
Source Porto (Wikipedia)

Capital Of

Porto District, States or Territories

porto is the capital of porto-district.

Source Porto District (Wikipedia)
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Origin Of

Henry the Navigator

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Altri

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Banco Comercial Portugues

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Mota-Engil

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1. Porto (Wikipedia)
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  • Lead section
    Porto, also known in English as Oporto, is the second largest city in Portugal, after Lisbon.
  • Infobox, Population figure
    273,476
  • Lead section
    Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropolitan area, with an estimated population of 273,476 people in a municipal area of 41.42 km2 (16 sq mi). As of 2025, the Porto metropolitan area has around 1.9 million people in an area of 2,395 km2 (925 sq mi), making it the second-largest urban area in Portugal.
  • Infobox, Area
    41.42 km2
  • Infobox: elevation_m
    104
  • Infobox, coordinates (latitude)
    41.15
  • Infobox, coordinates (longitude)
    -8.6108
  • Wikipedia infobox field 'Settlement' = '275 BC' on the 'Porto' article, read and judged (w-bbfill-geography6-0926)
  • Associated With: Portugal, Infobox, Country
    Portugal
  • In Group: Cities of Southern Europe (World), Wikipedia, part-of country and UN M49 subregion
  • In Group: Cities of Southern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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Porto District (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationLead section
Quote, Lead section
The district capital is the city of Porto, the second largest city in the country.
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Wikidata: Porto
Wikidata Q36433, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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