| Norte region | |
| Residents | 3.9 million |
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other value for residents on Wikidata: 4196354   | |
| surface | 21,278 km² |
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Norte region (Portuguese for Northern region) is the oldest region in Portugal and is historically linked to the emergence of the kingdom. The second largest city in the country, Porto is here in the north.
Regions
Map of Norte Region
The Norte region subdivide again into the following 4 regions:
- Porto (region) - The city postage and the surrounding area.
- Minho - The fertile land in the northwest of Porto on the Atlantic coast with the cities Guimarães and Braga as well as the Peneda-Gerês National Park.
- Douro valley - The scenic, deeply cut and lined with vineyards river valley of the Douro, in the upper course of which the grapes for the port wine grow.
- Trás-os-Montes - The drier and barren landscape "behind the mountains" in the northeast.
places
District capitals
- 1 postage
- second largest city in Portugal - 2 Braga
- 3 Bragança - in the northeast, medieval walled city area (Citadela)
- 4 Viana do Castelo - on the Costa Verde
- 5 Vila Real
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Cities
- 6 Barcelos
- 7 Espinho
- 8 Esposende
- 9 Guimarães
- 10 Lamego
- 11 Peneda-Geres
- 12 Póvoa de Varzim
- 13 Valença
- 14 Vila Nova de Gaia
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Archaeological sites
Villages
Other goals
The Vinhateira do Alto Douro wine region
background
language
The Portuguese of Portugal is spoken in the dialect forms Alto-Minhoto and Nortenho.
getting there
mobility
Tourist Attractions
- 1 Bom Jesus - Pilgrimage church (approx. 5 km northeast of Braga)
- 2 Peneda-Gerês National Park - in the northwest of the country.
- 3 Solar de Mateus
