Miragaia

For the dinosaur genus, see Miragaia longicollum. For the romance by Almeida Garrett, see Lenda de Gaia.

Miragaia (Portuguese pronunciation: [miɾɐˈɣajɐ]) is a former civil parish in the municipality of Porto, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Cedofeita, Santo Ildefonso, Sé, Miragaia, São Nicolau e Vitória.^[1] The population in 2011 was 2,067,^[2] in an area of 0.43 km² (0.17 square miles).^[3]

Miragaia
Civil parish
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 41.146°N 8.620°W / 41.146; -8.620
Country	Portugal
Region	Norte
Metropolitan area	Metropolitan Area of Porto
District	Porto
Municipality	Porto
Disbanded	2013
Area
• Total	0.43 km2 (0.17 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	2,067
• Density	4,800/km2 (12,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+00:00 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+01:00 (WEST)

Local landmarks include Santo António Hospital, the ancient city walls of Porto, built by Ferdinand I, the Chafariz da Colher fountain and several palaces and churches. Its jewish and moorish quarters used to be known as Bairro de Monchique.

Palace of Sereias

Notable people from Miragaia

• Gabriel Azevedo Mendes (b. 1954), football player
• Luís Manuel Gonçalves Marques Mendes (b. 1957), politician
• José Sócrates Carvalho Pinto de Sousa (b. 1957), former Prime Minister
• Fernando Manuel Silva Leal (Nandinho) (b. 1982), futsal player
• Ricardo Jorge de Sousa Pedrosa (b. 1989), football player
• Samuel Almeida Bráz Waterland Cruz (b. 1993), football player
• Jorge Manuel Pereira Santos (Gazela) (b. 1994), football player