page_title: Norte Region, Portugal
hierarchical_section_title: Norte Region, Portugal
caption_attribution_description: From Oporto, Portugal, to the interior. Always next to the river Douro. The site of production of Oporto wine.
context_page_description: Norte or Northern Portugal is the most populous region in Portugal, ahead of Lisboa, and the third most extensive by area. The region has 3,576,205 inhabitants according to the 2017 census, and its area is 21,278 kilometres with a density of 173 inhabitants per square kilometre. It is one of five regions of Mainland Portugal. Its main population center is the urban area of Porto, with about one million inhabitants; it includes a larger political metropolitan region with 1.8 million, and an urban-metropolitan agglomeration with 2.99 million inhabitants, including Porto and a number of urban areas in Northwestern Portugal, like Braga and Guimarães. The Commission of Regional Coordination of the North is the agency that coordinates environmental policies, land-use planning, cities and the overall development of this region, supporting local governments and associations.
  Northern Portugal is a culturally varied region. It is a land of dense vegetation and profound historic and cultural wealth.
context_section_description: Norte (Portuguese: Região do Norte [ʁɨʒiˈɐ̃w du ˈnɔɾt(ɨ)]; "North Region") or Northern Portugal is the most populous region in Portugal, ahead of Lisboa, and the third most extensive by area. The region has 3,576,205 inhabitants according to the 2017 census, and its area is 21,278 kilometres (13,222 mi) with a density of 173 inhabitants per square kilometre. It is one of five regions of Mainland Portugal (NUTS II subdivisions). Its main population center is the urban area of Porto, with about one million inhabitants; it includes a larger political metropolitan region with 1.8 million, and an urban-metropolitan agglomeration with 2.99 million inhabitants, including Porto and a number of urban areas in Northwestern Portugal, like Braga and Guimarães. The Commission of Regional Coordination of the North (CCDR-N) is the agency that coordinates environmental policies, land-use planning, cities and the overall development of this region, supporting local governments and associations.
  Northern Portugal is a culturally varied region. It is a land of dense vegetation and profound historic and cultural wealth.  What is now Northern Portugal was first settled by various pre-Celtic and Celtic tribes before being visited by a number of Mediterranean civilizations who traded in its river-mouths, including Greek, Carthaginians, conquest by the Romans, invasion by Germanic peoples, and attacks by the Moors and the Vikings.
caption: The Douro Valley, where port wine is produced
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