P86 - Portugal - Porto

Porto, Portugal ( UNESCO WHS )

Porto , also Oporto in English, is Portugal's second city and capital of the Norte NUTS II region. The city is located in the estuary of the Douro river in northern Portugal. The largest city in the region, Porto is considered the economic and cultural heart of the entire region. The city, which had an estimated population of about 240,000 (est.2008), lies at the centre of the political Greater Metropolitan Area of Porto, with a population of slightly more than 2.0 million (est. 2008),and of a broader metropolitan agglomeration (including the city of Braga) with over 3.2 million inhabitants (2008).

The city of Porto comprises 15 civil parishes. The historic centre of Porto was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1996.

One of Portugal's most internationally famous products, Port wine, is named after the city because it is produced in, and shipped from the area. or, more precisely, from Vila Nova de Gaia, a city just across the river which belongs to the same conurbation.

The country was also named after the Latin name of Porto, Portus Cale

Porto district is one of the most industrialised districts in Portugal, and Maia, one of Porto's satellite cities, has the largest industrial park in Portugal.

波尔图（葡萄牙語：Porto，英文：Oporto），是葡萄牙北部一個面向大西洋的港口城市，人口共有263,000人，是葡萄牙第二大城市、波圖省省會及北部大區的行政中心。市內擁有葡萄牙國內著名的足球會波圖與知名建築波多音樂廳。

波爾圖市由十五個堂區組成，北部接壤Matosinhos和Maia自治區，東部與Gondomar接壤，南部為杜羅河，其對岸為加亞新城 (Vila Nova de Gaia),西面為大西洋。

葡萄牙的國名與波酒都源於這城市。其舊城區與周圍產酒區是世界文化遺產。

References sources : wikipedia