Official Name: | Porto de Sanabria |
Pushpin Map: | Spain |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Spain |
Subdivision Name4: | ? |
Subdivision Name5: | Alta Sanabria |
Leader Party: | PP |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Rogelio Carracedo Carracedo |
Area Total Km2: | 200.82 |
Elevation M: | 1,211 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Demonym: | Portexos |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Coordinates: | 42.1672°N -6.8994°W |
Postal Code: | 49583 |
Area Code: | (+34) 980 |
Porto de Sanabria (Galician: Porto de Seabra; Leonese: Porto de Senabria), also known as Porto, is a municipality located in the province of Zamora, Castile and León, Spain.[1] According to the 2012 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 216 inhabitants.[2]
Porto is located near the borders of Castile and León with Galicia, in the Sanabria Lake Natural Park, nearby the Galician Massif. It is 90 km far from Bragança, in Portugal, 113 from Ponferrada, and 171 from Zamora.[3] Its municipal territory counts several lakes, reservoirs and rivers.
Porto is one of the few bilingual places of its province, in which is commonly spoken both Spanish and Galician.[4]