The Greater Metropolitan Area of Porto (Portuguese:Grande Área Metropolitana do 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. The Greater Metropolitan Area of Porto is a union of metropolitan municipalities (Grande Área Metropolitana), comprising both Grande Porto Subregion and Entre Douro e Vouga Subregion which are two NUTS III subdivisions. The first has 11 municipalities and the second is only five. It covers 1883,61 km² and had a 2011 population of 1,676,848. Currently the most populous municipality is Vila Nova de Gaia, which is located on the South side of the Douro River, in the opposite side of Porto.
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