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Eight locations have been always considered cities since Portugal became an independent kingdom ( de facto 1128): Braga, Coimbra, Lamego, Porto and Viseu, as well as Évora, Lisbon and Silves, which were annexed at a later date. Guarda was the first city proclaimed as part of the independent kingdom, in 1199.
Porto ( Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpoɾtu] ⓘ ), also known as Oporto, [ a] is the second largest city in Portugal, after Lisbon. It is the capital of the Porto District and one of the Iberian Peninsula 's major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropolitan area, with an ...
Fátima ( Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈfatimɐ] ⓘ) is a city in the municipality of Ourém and district of Santarém in the Oeste e Vale do Tejo Region of Portugal, with 71.29 km 2 of area and 13,212 inhabitants (2021). [ 1] The homonymous civil parish encompasses several villages and localities of which the city of Fátima is the largest.
Faro ( / ˈfɑːroʊ / FAR-oh, Portuguese: [ˈfaɾu] ⓘ) is a municipality, the southernmost city and capital of the district of the same name, in the Algarve region of southern Portugal. [ 2] With an estimated population of 60,995 inhabitants in 2019 [ 1] (with 39,733 inhabitants in the city proper, [ 3] making it the biggest city and second ...
This is a list of Portugal's municipalities by population, according to the estimate of the resident population for the Census 2021 made by the National Statistics Institute (INE). [ 1 ] The 308 Portuguese municipalities are divided among the 25 sub-regions and the 7 national regions , the population density of each municipality, and the area ...
There are 17 World Heritage Sites listed in Portugal, with a further 18 on the tentative list. The first four sites listed in Portugal were the Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon, the Monastery of Batalha, the Convent of Christ in Tomar, and the town of Angra do Heroísmo, in 1983. The most recent additions to the list ...
Portimão ( European Portuguese pronunciation: [puɾtiˈmɐ̃w] ⓘ) is a city and a municipality in the district of Faro, in the Algarve region of southern Portugal. [ 1] The population in 2022 was 60,879, [ 2] in an area of 182.06 km 2. [ 3] It was formerly known as Vila Nova de Portimão.
The Toural Square in 2009. Guimarães ( European Portuguese pronunciation: [ɡimɐˈɾɐ̃jʃ] ⓘ) is a city and municipality located in northern Portugal, in the district of Braga. Its historic town centre has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2001, in recognition for being an "exceptionally well-preserved and authentic ...