The
District
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of Porto ( pt, Distrito do Porto ) is located on the north-west coast of
Portugal
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. The district capital is the city of
Porto
Porto or Oporto () is the second-largest city in Portugal, the capital of the Porto District, and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropo ...
, the second largest city in the country. It is bordered by the
Aveiro and
Viseu districts to the south,
Braga district
The district of Braga ( pt, Distrito de Braga ) is a district in the northwest of Portugal. The district capital is the city of Braga, and it is bordered by the district of Viana do Castelo in the north, Vila Real in the east, Spain (Galicia ...
to the north and
Vila Real district
The District of Vila Real ( pt, Distrito de Vila Real ) is a district of northern Portugal. With an area of , the district is located east of the port city of Porto and north of the Douro River. Vila Real has always belonged to the historica ...
to the east.
Its area is and its population is 1,817,172. In 2017, the main legal foreign populations were from Brazil (9,442), China (2,475), Ukraine (2,160), Italy (1,273), Spain (1,189), Angola (1,118), and Cape Verde (1,040). These numbers exclude those who obtained Portuguese citizenship, which is regular among recent
Portuguese Brazilians
Portuguese Brazilians ( pt, luso-brasileiros) are Brazilians whose ancestry originates wholly or partly in Portugal. Most of the Portuguese who arrived throughout the centuries in Brazil sought economic opportunities. Although present since t ...
or Portuguese-Africans.
Estrangeiros residentes em: Porto
– SEF
Municipalities
The district comprises 18 municipalities:
* Amarante ity* Baião own
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* Felgueiras
Felgueiras () is a municipality in Porto District, Portugal. The current mayor is Nuno Fonseca. There are two cities located in the municipality: Felgueiras (city status received on 13 July 1990) and Lixa. The population in 2011 was 58,065, in a ...
ity* Gondomar ity* Lousada
Lousada () is a town and municipality of the Porto district, in northern Portugal. The population in 2011 was 47,387, in an area of 96.08 km².
It includes the site of Ancient Magnetum (Portuguese Magneto), in the civil parish Meinedo, which ...
own
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* Maia ity* Marco de Canaveses
Marco de Canaveses () is a city and municipality on Porto district, in northern Portugal. The population in 2011 was 53,450, in an area of 201.89 km². The city itself had a population of 9,042 in 2001.
Geography
The city of Marco Canaves ...
ity* Matosinhos
Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal () is a city and a municipality in the northern Porto district of Portugal, bordered in the south by the city of Porto (8 km from the city centre). The population in 2011 was 175,478, and covered an area of approx ...
ity* Paços de Ferreira
Paços de Ferreira () is a city in the Porto District, in the north of Portugal. The population of the city in 2011 was 7491, while its municipality had 56,340 inhabitants, in an area of 70.99 km².
Sometimes referred to as the ''Capital do ...
ity* Paredes ity* Penafiel ity* Porto
Porto or Oporto () is the second-largest city in Portugal, the capital of the Porto District, and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropo ...
ain city* Póvoa de Varzim
Póvoa de Varzim (, ) is a Portuguese city in Northern Portugal and sub-region of Greater Porto, from its city centre. It sits in a sandy coastal plain, a cuspate foreland, halfway between the Minho and Douro rivers. In 2001, there were 63,470 ...
ity* Santo Tirso ity* Trofa ity* Valongo ity* Vila do Conde ity* Vila Nova de Gaia
Vila Nova de Gaia (; cel-x-proto, Cale), or simply Gaia, is a city and a municipality in Porto District in Norte Region, Portugal. It is located south of the city of Porto on the other side of the Douro River. The city proper had a population ...
ity the most populous municipality and the only municipality in Porto District located south of the Douro River.
All of the above Municipalities are Cities, except Baião and Lousada.
Some municipalities include one or more cities;the municipality of Paredes has the most cities within its municipality: Paredes, Gandra, Rebordosa and São Salvador de Lordelo.
Other cities in Porto district: Rio Tinto and Valbom
Valbom is a city and a former civil parish in the municipality of Gondomar, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Gondomar (São Cosme), Valbom e Jovim. It has about 15,000 residents. It was elevated to city status on 9 Decemb ...
(in Gondomar municipality), Ermesinde (in Valongo municipality),
São Mamede de Infesta
São Mamede de Infesta, or simply São Mamede, is a former civil parish in the municipality of Matosinhos in the Greater Porto area, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish São Mamede de Infesta e Senhora da Hora. It has a popu ...
(in Matosinhos municipality),
Freamunde (in Paços de Ferreira municipality) and
Lixa
Lixa is a Portuguese city in Felgueiras Municipality
Felgueiras () is a municipality in Porto District, Portugal. The current mayor is Nuno Fonseca. There are two cities located in the municipality: Felgueiras (city status received on 13 July ...
(in Felgueiras municipality).
Main Airport
Porto Airport
Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport or simply Porto Airport (formerly ''Pedras Rubras Airport'') is an international airport near Porto (Oporto), Portugal. It is located northwest of the Clérigos Tower in the centre of Porto, in the municipalitie ...
/Oporto Int.(OPO) Sá Carneiro, mostly located in Pedras Rubras
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Portuguese may refer to:
* anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal
** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods
** Portuguese language, a Romance language
...
, Moreira
Moreira may refer to:
Places
* Moreira (Maia), a parish in Maia Municipality, northern Portugal
* , a parish in Monção Municipality, northern Portugal
* , a parish in Nelas Municipality, central Portugal
People
*Moreira (name) Moreira is a gi ...
, Maia, Grande Porto.
Main Harbour
Leixões
The Port of Leixões ( pt, Porto de Leixões, ) is one of Portugal's major seaports, located 4 km north of the mouth of the Douro River, in Matosinhos municipality, near the city of Porto. Leixões Sport Club
The Port of Leixões ( pt, ...
in Matosinhos, Porto area.
Summary of votes and seats won 1976–2022
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!colspan=2 , 1976
!colspan=2 , 1979
!colspan=2 , 1980
!colspan=2 , 1983
!colspan=2 , 1985
!colspan=2 , 1987
!colspan=2 , 1991
!colspan=2 , 1995
!colspan=2 , 1999
!colspan=2 , 2002
!colspan=2 , 2005
!colspan=2 , 2009
!colspan=2 , 2011
!colspan=2 , 2015
!colspan=2 , 2019
!colspan=2 , 2022
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, align="left", PS , , style="background:#FF66FF;", 40.7 , , style="background:#FF66FF;", 18 , , 34.8 , , 14 , , 34.3 , , 14 , , style="background:#FF66FF;", 43.0 , , style="background:#FF66FF;", 18 , , 23.6 , , 10 , , 26.7 , , 11 , , 32.9 , , 13 , , style="background:#FF66FF;", 46.7 , , style="background:#FF66FF;", 18 , , style="background:#FF66FF;", 48.0 , , style="background:#FF66FF;", 19 , , style="background:#FF66FF;", 41.2 , , style="background:#FF66FF;", 17 , , style="background:#FF66FF;", 48.5 , , style="background:#FF66FF;", 20 , , style="background:#FF66FF;", 41.8 , , style="background:#FF66FF;", 18 , , 32.0 , , 14 , , 32.7 , , 14 , , style="background:#FF66FF;", 36.7 , , style="background:#FF66FF;", 17 , , style="background:#FF66FF;", 42.5 , , style="background:#FF66FF;", 19
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, align="left", PSD , , 27.0 , , 11 , , align=center colspan=4 rowspan=2, ''In AD'' , , 26.2 , , 10 , , style="background:#FF9900;", 29.3 , , style="background:#FF9900;", 12 , , style="background:#FF9900;", 50.9 , , style="background:#FF9900;", 22 , , style="background:#FF9900;", 51.3 , , style="background:#FF9900;", 21 , , 36.4 , , 14 , , 32.7 , , 13 , , 40.0 , , 16 , , 27.8 , , 12 , , 29.2 , , 12 , , style="background:#FF9900;", 39.2 , , style="background:#FF9900;", 17 , , align=center colspan=2 rowspan=2, ''In PàF'' , , 31.2 , , 15 , , 32.3 , , 14
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, align="left", CDS-PP , , 15.7 , , 6 , , 12.5 , , 5 , , 9.8 , , 4 , , 4.0 , , 1 , , 4.1 , , 1 , , 7.8 , , 3 , , 7.5 , , 3 , , 8.4 , , 3 , , 6.9 , , 2 , , 9.3 , , 4 , , 10.0 , , 4 , , 3.3 , , 1 , , 1.5
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, align="left", PCP/APU/CDU , , 8.4 , , 3 , , 14.5 , , 6 , , 11.9 , , 5 , , 13.6 , , 5 , , 12.1 , , 5 , , 9.4 , , 4 , , 6.4 , , 2 , , 6.0 , , 2 , , 6.2 , , 2 , , 4.6 , , 1 , , 5.4 , , 2 , , 5.7 , , 2 , , 6.2 , , 2 , , 6.8 , , 3 , , 4.8 , , 2 , , 3.3 , , 1
, -
, align="left", AD , , colspan=2, , , style="background:#00FFFF;", 44.5 , , style="background:#00FFFF;", 18 , , style="background:#00FFFF;", 46.6 , , style="background:#00FFFF;", 19 , , colspan=26,
, -
, align="left", PRD , , colspan=8, , , 20.5 , , 8 , , 4.0 , , 1 , , colspan=20,
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, align="left", BE , , colspan=16, , , 2.3 , , , , 2.7 , , 1 , , 6.7 , , 2 , , 9.2 , , 3 , , 5.1 , , 2 , , 11.1 , , 5 , , 10.1 , , 4 , , 4.8 , , 2
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, align="left", PàF , , colspan=26, , , style="background:#00AAAA;", 39.6 , , style="background:#00AAAA;", 17 , , colspan=4,
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, align="left", PAN , , colspan=28, , , 3.5 , , 1 , , 1.7
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, align="left", IL , , colspan=28, , , 1.5 , , , , 5.1 , , 2
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, align="left", CHEGA , , colspan=28, , , 0.6 , , , , 4.4 , , 2
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! Total seats , , colspan=8, 38 , , colspan=4, 39 , , colspan=6, 37 , , colspan=4, 38 , , colspan=6, 39 , , colspan=4, 40
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! colspan=33, Source
Comissão Nacional de Eleições
References
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