MATOSINHOS
GPS: N 41.17557; W 8.69051
Matosinhos is a municipality and city in Portugal.
It is the seat of an urban municipality with an area of 62.42 km² and 175 478 inhabitants (2011), subdivided into 4 parishes. The municipality is limited to the north by the municipality of Vila do Conde, to the northeast by Maia, to the south by Porto and to the west it has a coastline on the Atlantic Ocean.
On the coast of the city is the port of Leixões, the second largest artificial port in Portugal and the second sea port in the Porto Metropolitan Area. Part of the international airport of Porto covers the municipal limits.
Matosinhos, together with the neighboring municipalities of Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia, forms the Atlantic Front of Porto, which constitutes the most urbanized population in the Metropolitan Area of Porto, located on the coast, bounded on the west by the Atlantic Ocean.
The international Leixões Cruise Terminal and a large oil refinery of Galp Energia, are located in Leça da Palmeira, Matosinhos. EFACEC, a leading Portuguese company in the electromechanics industry, is headquartered in the city. Pedro Hispano Hospital (after Pedro Hispano), is one of the most comprehensive state-run hospitals in Portugal and serves the entire Porto Metropolitan Area.
GPS: N 41.18698; W 8.68596
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