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O Distrito do Porto é um distrito português, localizado no noroeste do país. Limita a norte com o Distrito de Braga, a leste com o Distrito de Vila Real, a sudeste com o Distrito de Viseu, a sul com o Distrito de Aveiro e a oeste com o Oceano Atlântico. A sede do distrito é a cidade do Porto.
The District of Porto (Portuguese: Distrito do Porto ⓘ) is located on the north-west coast of Portugal. The district capital is the city of Porto, the second largest city in the country. It is bordered by the Aveiro and Viseu districts to the south, Braga district to the north and Vila Real district to the east.
O Porto é uma cidade portuguesa e capital da sub-região da Área Metropolitana do Porto e da região do Norte, pertencendo ao distrito do Porto. É sede do Município do Porto que tem uma área total de 41,42 km 2 [2], 237 559 habitantes [3] em 2024 e uma densidade populacional de 5 165 hab./km 2, subdividido em 7 freguesias. [4]
Porto (Portuguese pronunciation: ⓘ), previously 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.
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The Districts of Portugal were established by a royal decree of 18 July 1835. On the Portuguese mainland, they correspond to the current districts, with the exception of Setúbal District, which is the result of a split of Lisbon District in 1926. This decree did not affect the then extensive colonial empire. The 1976 Portuguese Constitution specifi...
In mainland Portugal, for administrative purposes, the districts are still used as the areas of jurisdiction of the local branches and field offices of several Government ministries and agencies. Some of the bodies that have each district as their jurisdiction area are: 1. District and metropolitan commands of the Public Security Police; 2. Territo...
Azores
1. Angra do Heroísmo District– 1835 to 1976 2. Horta District– 1835 to 1976 3. Ponta Delgada District– 1835 to 1976
Madeira
1. Funchal District[pt]– 1835 to 1976
Mainland Portugal
1. Lamego District – in 1835 to 1919
Following the model of European Portugal, the major Portuguese overseas territories (Angola, Mozambique and Portuguese India) were also divided in districts. In these territories, each district was headed by a district governor, subordinated to the governor-general. In Angola and Mozambique, the former district areas mostly coincide with the modern...
Porto, like the capital Lisbon to the south, is a city divided in to various districts each with its own individual charms. This city of 231,000 inhabitants spreads on both sides of the River Douro with Porto on the north bank and Vila Nova de Gaia on the south side.
Porto has been Portugal's largest manufacturing region since the Industrial Revolution and is home to many of the country's largest corporations. It is chaired by Eduardo Vítor Rodrigues ( PS ). History.
