The Porto Metropolitan Area is a metropolitan area in northern Portugal centered on the City of Porto, Portugal's second largest city. The metropolitan area, covering 17 municipalities, is the second largest urban area in the country and one of the largest in the European Union, with a population in 2021 of 1,737,395 in an area of 2,040.31 km².
Image: Praça da Liberdade, D. Pedro IV A Nacional (cropped)
Image: Saint Anthonys Church Congregados, Câmara Municipal de Porto (10248678584)
Image: Oporto (Portugal) (25976064300) (cropped)
Image: Porto Portugal (49570067388) (cropped)
Porto, also known 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. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropolitan area, with an estimated population of just 237,559 people in a municipality with only 41.42 km2 (16 sq mi). Porto's metropolitan area has around 1.7 million people (2021) in an area of 2,395 km2 (925 sq mi), making it the second-largest urban area in Portugal. It is recognized as a global city with a Gamma + rating from the Globalization and World Cities Research Network.
Image: Puente Don Luis I, Oporto, Portugal, 2012 05 09, DD 13
Image: Casa da Música Porto Portugal
Image: Ayuntamiento de Oporto, Portugal, 2012 05 09, DD 03
Image: Palacio da Bolsa in Porto (2)
