Minho
The Minho or Miño is the longest river in the autonomous community of Galicia in Spain, with a length of 340 kilometres. It forms a part of the international border between Spain and Portugal.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Victor Hermida Prada, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Spain
- Also known as: “Minho River”, “Rio Minho”, and “Río Miño”
Places of Interest
Highlights include O Muíño and Monte de Santa Trega.
Conjunto fortificado de Caminha
Heritage site
Photo: Reis Quarteu, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Conjunto fortificado de Caminha is a heritage site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Caminha and A Pasaxe.
Caminha
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Caminha is a town facing the estuary of Minho and close to the Atlantic Ocean in Northern Portugal. The town is on the coastal section of the Portuguese Way. It is a popular place for second homes and as a summer resort.
A Guarda
Town
Photo: Estevoaei, CC BY-SA 4.0.
A Guarda is a town, which is situated 3 km northwest of Minho.
Minho
- Categories: river, Natura 2000 site, site of community importance, main stem, watercourse, and body of water
- Location: Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Ancient Greek to Western Frisian—“Minho” goes by many names.
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Μίνιος”
- Arabic: “مينهو”
- Arabic: “مينيو”
- Arabic: “نهر مينيو”
- Aragonese: “Río Miño”
- Asturian: “Ríu Miño”
- Basque: “Miño”
- Belarusian: “Міньё”
- Belarusian: “Мінью”
- Bengali: “মিনিউ নদী”
- Breton: “Río Miño”
- Bulgarian: “Миньо”
- Catalan: “Miño”
- Cebuano: “Rio Minho”
- Chinese: “米尼奥河”
- Chinese: “米尼奧河”
- Chinese: “米紐河”
- Chuvash: “Миньо”
- Croatian: “Minho”
- Czech: “Minho”
- Dutch: “Mino (rivier)”
- Dutch: “Miño”
- Dutch: “Rio Minho”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر مينيو”
- Esperanto: “Minjo”
- Finnish: “Minho”
- French: “Minho”
- Galician: “río Miño”
- Galician: “Río Miño” (historical)
- Georgian: “მინო”
- German: “Rio Minho”
- German: “Rio Miño”
- German: “Río Miño”
- Hebrew: “מיניו”
- Hungarian: “Minho”
- Hungarian: “Miño”
- Icelandic: “Minho”
- Ido: “Fluvio Minio”
- Irish: “Abhainn Minho”
- Italian: “Minho”
- Italian: “Miño”
- Japanese: “ミーニョ川”
- Javanese: “Kali Minho”
- Kazakh: “Миньо”
- Korean: “미뉴강”
- Ladin: “Minho”
- Latin: “Minius”
- Lithuanian: “Minjas”
- Macedonian: “Мињо”
- Mirandese: “Riu Minho”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Miño”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Elva Minho”
- Norwegian: “Miño”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Minho”
- Persian: “رود مینیو”
- Polish: “Miño”
- Portuguese: “Minho”
- Portuguese: “Rio Minho” (historical)
- Romanian: “Râul Minho”
- Russian: “Миньо (река)”
- Russian: “Миньо”
- Russian: “Рио-Миньо”
- Serbian: “Мињо”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Minho”
- Slovenian: “Miño (reka)”
- Slovenian: “Miño”
- South Azerbaijani: “مینیو چایی”
- Spanish: “Miño”
- Spanish: “río Miño”
- Spanish: “Río Miño”
- Swedish: “Rio Minho”
- Swedish: “Río Miño”
- Thai: “แม่น้ำมิญโญ”
- Thai: “แม่น้ำมีญู”
- Ukrainian: “Міню”
- Upper Sorbian: “Rio Miño”
- Venetian: “Fiume Miño”
- Welsh: “Afon Minho”
- Western Frisian: “Minho”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as A Armona and Camposancos.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Illa Ariño da Pasaxe and Ponta do Cabedelo.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Minho”. Photo: Victor Hermida Prada, CC BY 2.0.