Porto District
District of Porto
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| Country | Portugal |
| Region | Norte |
| Historical province | Douro Litoral |
| No. of municipalities | 18 |
| No. of parishes | 383 |
| Capital | Porto |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,395 km2 (925 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,817,172 |
| • Density | 760/km2 (2,000/sq mi) |
| ISO 3166 code | PT-13 |
| No. of parliamentary representatives | 39 |
The District of Porto (Portuguese: Distrito do Porto [ˈpoɾtu] ⓘ) is located on the north-west coast of Portugal. The district capital is the city of Porto, the second largest city in the country. It is bordered by the Aveiro and Viseu districts to the south, Braga district to the north and Vila Real district to the east.
Its area is 2,395 km2 (925 sq mi) and its population is 1,817,172. In 2017, the main legal foreign populations were from Brazil (9,442), China (2,475), Ukraine (2,160), Italy (1,273), Spain (1,189), Angola (1,118), and Cape Verde (1,040). These numbers exclude those who obtained Portuguese citizenship, which is regular among recent Portuguese Brazilians or Portuguese-Africans.