Grande Área Metropolitana
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A Greater Metropolitan Area (Grande Área Metropolitana in Portuguese
) is a type of administrative division in Portugal
. Each one consists of at least nine municipalities
(concelhos) and has at least 350,000 inhabitants. As of May 2003, they have greater autonomy.
These are:
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
) is a type of administrative division in Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
. Each one consists of at least nine municipalities
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
(concelhos) and has at least 350,000 inhabitants. As of May 2003, they have greater autonomy.
These are:
- Lisbon Metropolitan AreaLisbon Metropolitan AreaLisbon Metropolitan Area is a territorial zone that includes 18 municipalities in Portugal. The smaller Grande Lisboa area is a subregion of the NUTS II Lisbon Region by its own right....
(Grande Área Metropolitana de Lisboa) - Greater Metropolitan Area of PortoGreater Metropolitan Area of PortoThe Greater Metropolitan Area of Porto is a metropolitan area in coastal northern Portugal which covers 16 municipalities, including the City of Porto, making up the second biggest urban area in the country...
(Grande Área Metropolitana do Porto)