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Grande Área Metropolitana do Porto

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Grande Área Metropolitana do Porto ("Greater Metropolitan Area of Porto") in Portugal consists of 14 municipalities that made the secound biggest urban area in the country (largest to smallest, by population): Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto (the capital), Matosinhos, Gondomar, Santa Maria da Feira, Maia, Valongo, Vila do Conde, Santo Tirso, Póvoa de Varzim, Trofa, Espinho, Arouca and São João da Madeira. By the 2001 census, its population was 1,551,950.


Municipality Area Population (2001) Density
Porto41.66 km&sup2263,1316,316.2/km&sup2
The rest of Grande Porto 775.74 km&sup2997,5481,285.9/km&sup2
Espinho21.42 km&sup233,7011,573.3/km&sup2
Gondomar133.26 km&sup2164,0961,231.4/km&sup2
Maia83.70 km&sup2120,1111,435.0/km&sup2
Matosinhos62.30 km&sup2167,0262,681.0/km&sup2
Póvoa de Varzim81.94 km&sup263,469774.6/km&sup2
Valongo72.99 km&sup286,0051,178.3/km&sup2
Vila do Conde498.2 km&sup274,391498.2/km&sup2
Vila Nova de Gaia170.82 km&sup2288,7491,690.4/km&sup2
in Ave 207.04 km&sup2109,977531.2/km&sup2
Santo Tirso135.31 km&sup272,396535.0/km&sup2
Trofa71.73 km&sup237,581523.9/km&sup2
in Entre Douro e Vouga 549.55 km&sup2181,294329.9/km&sup2
Arouca327.99 km&sup224,228327.99/km&sup2
Santa Maria da Feira213.45 km&sup2135,964637.0/km&sup2
São João da Madeira8.11 km&sup221,1022,602.0/km&sup2
Total1,573.99 km&sup21,551,950986.0/km&sup2


07-14-2008 23:18:10
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