Porto | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-06

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Porto


00:01:59 1 History
00:02:07 1.1 Early history
00:04:42 1.2 18th century
00:06:06 1.3 19th century
00:09:19 1.4 20th century
00:10:12 2 Geography
00:12:09 2.1 Climate
00:14:01 3 Politics and government
00:14:15 3.1 Local election results 1976-2017
00:14:27 4 Economy
00:18:20 5 Transport
00:18:29 5.1 Roads and bridges
00:20:18 5.2 Cruising
00:20:34 5.3 Airports
00:21:08 5.4 Public transport
00:21:17 5.4.1 Railways
00:22:20 5.4.2 Light rail
00:23:26 5.4.3 Buses
00:24:05 5.4.4 Trams
00:24:51 5.4.5 Porto Public Transportation Statistics
00:25:36 6 Culture
00:27:56 6.1 Entertainment
00:29:19 6.2 Arts
00:29:45 6.3 Architecture
00:30:25 6.4 Gastronomy
00:31:17 7 Tourism
00:31:42 8 Education
00:33:44 9 Public health
00:34:54 10 Sport
00:35:59 10.1 Football
00:38:07 10.2 Basketball
00:38:33 11 International relations
00:38:43 11.1 Twin towns — sister cities
00:38:55 12 Notable citizens



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Porto (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpoɾtu]; also known as Oporto in English) is the second-largest city in Portugal after Lisbon and one of the major urban areas of the Iberian Peninsula. The city proper has a population of 237,591 and the metropolitan area of Porto, which extends beyond the administrative limits of the city, has a population of 1.9 million (2011) in an area of 2,395 km2 (925 sq mi), making it the second-largest urban area in Portugal. It is recognized as a gamma level global city by the Globalization and World Cities (GaWC) Study Group, the only Portuguese city besides Lisbon to be recognised as a global city.
Located along the Douro river estuary in Northern Portugal, Porto is one of the oldest European centres, and its historical core was proclaimed a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1996. The western part of its urban area extends to the coastline of the Atlantic Ocean. Its settlement dates back many centuries, when it was an outpost of the Roman Empire. Its combined Celtic-Latin name, Portus Cale, has been referred to as the origin of the name "Portugal", based on transliteration and oral evolution from Latin. In Portuguese, the name of the city is spelled with a definite article o Porto; Consequently, its English name evolved from a misinterpretation of the oral pronunciation and referred to as Oporto in modern literature and by many speakers.
One of Portugal's internationally famous exports, port wine, is named after Porto, since the metropolitan area, and in particular the cellars of Vila Nova de Gaia, were responsible for the packaging, transport, and export of fortified wine. In 2014 and 2017, Porto was elected The Best European Destination by the Best European Destinations Agency. Porto is on the Portuguese Way path of the Camino de Santiago.