Porto District

District of Porto
District
Country	Portugal
Region	Norte
Historical province	Douro Litoral
No. of municipalities	18
No. of parishes	383
Capital	Porto
Area
• Total	2,395 km2 (925 sq mi)
Population
• Total	1,781,826
• Density	740/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
No. of parliamentary representatives	39

The District of Porto (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpoɾtu], Portuguese: Distrito do Porto), 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 2395 km² and its population is 1,781,826.

Municipalities

The district comprises 18 municipalities:

• Amarante [city]
• Baião [town]
• Felgueiras [city]
• Gondomar [city]
• Lousada [town]
• Maia [city]
• Marco de Canaveses [city]
• Matosinhos [city]
• Paços de Ferreira [city]
• Paredes [city]
• Penafiel [city]
• Porto [main city]
• Póvoa de Varzim [city]
• Santo Tirso [city]
• Trofa [city]
• Valongo [city]
• Vila do Conde [city]
• Vila Nova de Gaia [city], the most populous municipality and the only municipality in Porto District located south of the Douro River.

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) and Lixa (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 1976-2011

 Summary of election results from Porto district, 1976-2011

Parties	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S
	1976		1979		1980		1983		1985		1987		1991		1995		1999		2002		2005		2009		2011
PS	40.7	18	34.8	14	34.3	14	43.0	18	23.6	10	26.7	11	32.9	13	46.7	18	48.0	19	41.2	17	48.5	20	41.8	18	32.0	14
PSD	27.0	11					26.2	10	29.3	12	50.9	22	51.3	21	36.4	14	32.7	13	40.0	16	27.8	12	29.2	12	39.2	17
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
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
BE																	2.3		2.7	1	6.7	2	9.2	3	5.1	2
AD			44.5	18	46.6	19
PRD / PNR									20.5	8	4.0	1
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições