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Coat of Arms of Porto

Porto (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpoɾtu]), also known as Oporto in English, is the second-largest city in Portugal, after Lisbon, and one of the major urban areas in Southwestern Europe. The urban area of Porto, which extends beyond the administrative limits of the city, makes it the second-largest urban area in Portugal. It is recognized as a Gamma-level global city by the Globalization and World Cities (GaWC) Study Group, being one of five cities in the Iberian Peninsula with global city status, along with Madrid, Barcelona, Lisbon and Valencia.

