Porto District Explained

District of Porto
Native Name Lang:pt
Settlement Type:District
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Portugal
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Norte
Subdivision Type2:Historical province
Subdivision Name2:Douro Litoral
Subdivision Type3:No. of municipalities
Subdivision Name3:18
Subdivision Type4:No. of parishes
Subdivision Name4:383
Seat Type:Capital
Seat:Porto
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:2,395
Population Total:1,817,172
Population Density Km2:auto
Iso Code:PT-13
Blank Name Sec1:No. of parliamentary representatives
Blank Info Sec1:39

The District of Porto (Portuguese: Distrito do Porto pronounced as /pt/) 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.

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 or Portuguese-Africans.[1]

Municipalities

The district comprises 18 municipalities:

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 (in Gondomar municipality), Ermesinde (in Valongo municipality),São Mamede de Infesta (in Matosinhos municipality),Freamunde (in Paços de Ferreira municipality) andLixa (in Felgueiras municipality).

Main Airport

Porto Airport /Oporto Int.(OPO) Sá Carneiro, mostly located in Pedras Rubras, Moreira, Maia, Grande Porto.

Main Harbour

Leixões in Matosinhos, Porto area.

Summary of votes and seats won 1976–2022

See main article: Porto (Assembly of the Republic constituency). |- class="unsortable"!rowspan=2|Parties!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S|- class="unsortable" align="center"!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|-| 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|-| 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|-| 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|-| 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||-| 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|-| align="left"| PàF || colspan=26| || style="background:#00AAAA;"|39.6 || style="background:#00AAAA;"|17 || colspan=4||-| align="left"| PAN || colspan=28| || 3.5 || 1 || 1.7|-| align="left"| IL || colspan=28| || 1.5 || || 5.1 || 2|-| align="left"| CHEGA || colspan=28| || 0.6 || || 4.4 || 2|-! Total seats || colspan=8| 38 || colspan=4|39 || colspan=6|37 || colspan=4|38 || colspan=6|39 || colspan=4|40|-! colspan=33|Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições|}

41.15°N -8.61°W

Notes and References

  1. https://sefstat.sef.pt/distritos.aspx Estrangeiros residentes em: Porto