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Norte Region (Northern Portugal) [8 subregions] Porto metropolitan area [17] Aveiro District [6] Arouca; Espinho; Oliveira de Azeméis; Santa Maria da Feira; São João da Madeira; Vale de Cambra; Porto District [11] Gondomar; Maia; Matosinhos; Paredes; Porto; Póvoa de Varzim; Santo Tirso; Trofa; Valongo; Vila do Conde; Vila Nova de Gaia; Alto ...
Santa Maria was the first island in the archipelago to be discovered by Diogo Silves in 1427. [3] By 2 July 1439, a royal charter from Infante D. Pedro, regent of D. Afonso V, referred to the fact that Prince Henry the Navigator had ordered that sheep be set ashore along the seven islands of the Azores (since Corvo and Flores had, at the time, not been discovered). [3]
Vila do Porto (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈvilɐ ðu ˈpoɾtu]) is a civil parish in the municipality of Vila do Porto, located on the island of Santa Maria, in the Portuguese autonomous region of Azores. It is the southernmost and easternmost parish in the archipelago of Azores.
Figueiredo, Jaime de (1990), Ilha de Gonçalo Velho: da descoberta até ao Aeroporto (in Portuguese) (2 ed.), Vila do Porto (Azores), Portugal: Câmara Municipal de Vila do Porto; Figueiredo, Nélia Maria Coutinho (1996), As Ilhas do Infante: a Ilha de Santa Maria (in Portuguese), Angra do Heroísmo (Azores), Portugal: Secretaria Regional da ...
Building of the Câmara Municipal of Porto. A câmara municipal (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈkɐmɐɾɐ munisiˈpal], meaning literally municipal chamber and often referred as câmara de vereadores or simply as câmara) is a type of municipal governing body, existing in several countries of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries.
This is a list of the municipalities of Portugal. Portugal is divided into 18 districts ( Portuguese : distritos ) and 2 autonomous regions ( regiões autónomas ), Azores and Madeira . The districts and autonomous regions are further subdivided into 308 municipalities of Portugal ( municípios or concelhos ).
The Porto Metropolitan Area is a major economic engine in Portugal, with a very high HDI (Human Development Index) and a GDP above the European average. [4] Porto has been Portugal's largest manufacturing region since the Industrial Revolution and is home to many of the country's largest corporations. It is chaired by Eduardo Vítor Rodrigues .
Santa Catarina [3] Santa Catarina da Serra; Santa Cruz da Graciosa [Azores] Santa Cruz da Trapa; Santa Cruz das Flores [Azores] Santa Iria de Azoia; Santa Luzia; Santa Marinha, Santa Marinha do Zêzere; Santa Marta de Penaguião; Santar; Santo André (Barreiro) Santo António dos Cavaleiros; São Bartolomeu de Messines, Silves; São Brás de ...