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Douro Litoral

Douro Litoral is a subregion in . The Douro Litoral is one of the largest and most dynamic Portuguese economic centres, mainly known for wine and the "capital of the North". It is also one of the most cosmopolitan and developed in Portugal.
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is 's second largest city and the capital of the , and a busy industrial and commercial centre. The city isn't very populous, but the metropolitan area has some 1.7 million inhabitants in a 50-km radius, with cities like , , and .

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is a city the Douro Litoral region of , immediately facing across the Duoro river. The two cities form the core of a contiguous metropolitan area.

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is a city in the Douro Litoral, Norte region of . It has 40,000 inhabitants. The town lies on the Portuguese Coastal Way of the Camino de Santiago.

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is a city and a municipality in the district of in . The municipality covers an area of approximately 62.42 square kilometres and had 172,557 inhabitants in 2021.

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is a seaside resort town of 32,000 people in the north of . Its main source of income is tourism.

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is a beautiful city in , and a popular pilgrimage destination. sits on a hill overlooking the bucolic river Tamega. In the distance stands the gorgeous mountain, serra do Marão.

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is a city of 79,000 people in the Douro Litoral region of . It lies on the Portuguese Coastal Route of the Camino de Santiago.

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is a city and municipality in 's Douro Litoral region. The municipality is home to several medieval churches that are national monuments.

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is a village and the seat of the same-named municipality in Douro Litoral. Visitors come to walk longest suspended pedestrian bridge in the world, which stretches 516 m across the Geopark, 175 m above the River Paiva.

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is a city in the Douro Litoral region of . It is a city and dense populated municipality, in the Porto metropolitan area, belonging to Aveiro district.

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is a municipality in in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 20,522, in an area of 174.53 km². received a charter from Manuel I on 1 September 1513.

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is a town in the Douro Litoral, Norte region of . It lies on the Portuguese Coastal Way trail of the Camino de Santiago and has 4,200 inhabitants.

is a town in the Douro Litoral, Norte region of . It lies on the Portuguese Coastal Way trail of the Camino de Santiago. The parish has 3,400 inhabitants.

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is a town in the Douro Litoral, Norte region of . It lies on the Portuguese Coastal Way trail of the Camino de Santiago. The parish has 3,000 inhabitants.

Douro Litoral

Latitude of center
41.1583° or 41° 9′ 30″ north
Longitude of center
-8.3198° or 8° 19′ 11″ west
Population
2,070,000
Elevation
324 metres (1,063 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 13062618068
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­region
Geo­Names ID
2740093
Wiki­data ID
Q909420
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Douro Litoral” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Douro Litoral”
  • Catalan: “Douro Litoral”
  • Chinese: “海岸杜羅省”
  • Chinese: “滨海杜罗省”
  • French: “Douro Litoral”
  • French: “Province du Douro Litoral”
  • Galician: “Douro Litoral”
  • Georgian: “დორუ-ლიტორალი”
  • German: “Douro Litoral”
  • Hungarian: “Douro Litoral”
  • Italian: “Douro Litoral”
  • Italian: “Douro Litorale”
  • Portuguese: “Douro Litoral”
  • Portuguese: “Província do Douro Litoral”
  • Russian: “Дору Литорал”
  • Russian: “Дору-Литорал”
  • Russian: “Доуру Литорал”
  • Slovenian: “Douro Litoral”
  • Spanish: “Douro Litoral”
  • Spanish: “Provincia del Douro Litoral”
  • Swedish: “Douro Litoral”
  • Ukrainian: “Берегове Дору”
  • Ukrainian: “Дору-Літорал”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Douro Litoral”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.