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Grande Área Metropolitana do Porto ("Greater Metropolitan Area of Porto") in Portugal consists of 14 municipalities that made the secound biggest urban area in the country (largest to smallest, by population): Vila Nova de Gaia , Porto (the capital), Matosinhos , Gondomar , Santa Maria da Feira , Maia, Valongo , Vila do Conde , Santo Tirso , Póvoa de Varzim, Trofa , Espinho , Arouca and São João da Madeira. By the 2001 census, its population was 1,551,950.
Municipality Area Population (2001) Density Porto 41.66 kmē 263,131 6,316.2/kmē The rest of Grande Porto 775.74 kmē 997,548 1,285.9/kmē Espinho 21.42 kmē 33,701 1,573.3/kmē Gondomar 133.26 kmē 164,096 1,231.4/kmē Maia 83.70 kmē 120,111 1,435.0/kmē Matosinhos 62.30 kmē 167,026 2,681.0/kmē Póvoa de Varzim 81.94 kmē 63,469 774.6/kmē Valongo 72.99 kmē 86,005 1,178.3/kmē Vila do Conde 498.2 kmē 74,391 498.2/kmē Vila Nova de Gaia 170.82 kmē 288,749 1,690.4/kmē in Ave 207.04 kmē 109,977 531.2/kmē Santo Tirso 135.31 kmē 72,396 535.0/kmē Trofa 71.73 kmē 37,581 523.9/kmē in Entre Douro e Vouga 549.55 kmē 181,294 329.9/kmē Arouca 327.99 kmē 24,228 327.99/kmē Santa Maria da Feira 213.45 kmē 135,964 637.0/kmē São João da Madeira 8.11 kmē 21,102 2,602.0/kmē Total 1,573.99 kmē 1,551,950 986.0/kmē
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