Porto

Porto
Municipality
Top to bottom, left to right: View of Ribeira district and Luís I bridge from Vila Nova de Gaia, Casa da Música concert hall, Porto City Hall, Palácio da Bolsa, Church of Saint Ildefonso
Flag Coat of arms
Nickname(s):  A Cidade Invicta ("The Undefeated City"), A Cidade da Virgem ("The City of the Virgin")
Motto(s):  Antiga, Mui Nobre, Sempre Leal e Invicta (Ancient, Most Noble, Always Loyal and Undefeated)
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Coordinates: 41°9′43.71″N 8°37′19.03″W / 41.1621417°N 8.6219528°W / 41.1621417; -8.6219528
Country	Portugal
Region	Norte
Subregion	Grande Porto
District	Porto
Settlement	275 BCE
Municipality	868
Civil parishes	7
Government
• Type	LAU
• Body	Câmara Municipal
• Mayor	Rui Moreira
• Municipal Assembly Chair	Miguel Pereira Leite
Area
• Municipality	41.42 km2 (15.99 sq mi)
Elevation	104 m (341 ft)
Population  (2021)
• Municipality	231,962[1]
• Urban	1,385,454[1]
• Metro	1,737,395[1]
Time zone	UTC0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (WEST)
Postal Zone	4000-286 Porto
Area code	(+351) 22[2]
Demonym	Portuense, Tripeiro (informal)
Patron Saint	Our Lady of Vendôme
Municipal Holidays	24 June (São João)
Website	www.cm-porto.pt
Geographic detail from CAOP (2010)[3] produced by Instituto Geográfico Português (IGP)
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name	Historic Centre of Oporto, Luís I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar
Criteria	iv
Reference	755
Inscription	1996 (20th Session)

Porto or Oporto^[4] (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpoɾtu] (listen)) 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 2.4 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.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} "Resultados Preliminares Censos 2021 INE". Retrieved 1 September 2021.
2. ↑ "Portugal International Dialing Code". Archived from the original on 30 April 2010. Retrieved 12 September 2010.
3. ↑ IGP, ed. (2010), Carta Administrativa Oficial de Portugal (in Portuguese), Lisbon, Portugal: Instituto Geográfico Português, archived from the original on 3 July 2014, retrieved 1 July 2011
4. ↑ "Oporto". Lexico UK Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 8 August 2019.