Porto

The District of 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 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. 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.