The Porto Metropolitan Area (Portuguese: Área Metropolitana do Porto; abbreviated as AMP) is a metropolitan area in northern Portugal centered on the City of Porto, Portugal's second largest city.[4] The metropolitan area, covering 17 municipalities, is the second largest urban area in the country and one of the largest in the European Union, with a population in 2011 of 2,421,038 in an area of 2,040.31 km².[5][6]

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Porto Metropolitan Area Área Metropolitana do Porto
Clockwise: Liberdade Square; Congregados Church; high-rises on Avenida da Boavista; view of Vila Nova de Gaia; Port of Leixões in Matosinhos; aerial view of the Porto Metropolitan Area; view of central Porto.


Core city	Porto
Municipalities	Arouca, Espinho, Gondomar, Maia, Matosinhos, Oliveira de Azeméis, Paredes, Porto, Póvoa de Varzim, Santa Maria da Feira, Santo Tirso, São João da Madeira, Trofa, Vale de Cambra, Valongo, Vila Nova de Gaia and Vila do Conde.
Government
• President	Eduardo Vítor Rodrigues (PS)
Area
• Total	2,040.31 km² (787.77 sq mi)
Population (2018)
• Total	2,421,038[1]
HDI (2017)	0.835[2] very high · 2nd
- GDP Per capita	€25,347 ($27,748)[3]
Website	Official website

The Porto Metropolitan Area is a major economic engine in Portugal, with a very high HDI (Human Development Index) and a GDP above the European average.[2] Porto has been Portugal's largest manufacturing region since the Industrial Revolution and is home to many of the country's largest corporations.