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Grande Lisboa (Greater Lisbon in English
English language

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) is a Portuguese
Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....
 NUTS III subregion integrated in the Lisboa region. It includes the capital city of Portugal - Lisbon (Lisboa in Portuguese
Portuguese language

Portuguese is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia and Portugal. It is derived from the Latin language spoken by the Romanization Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula around 2000 years ago....
). It is the main economical subregion of the country. It covers 1,376 km² and is the most populated and densely populated Portuguese subregion (2,003,580 inhabitants and 1,455 hab/km²).






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Grande Lisboa (Greater Lisbon in English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
) is a Portuguese
Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....
 NUTS III subregion integrated in the Lisboa region. It includes the capital city of Portugal - Lisbon (Lisboa in Portuguese
Portuguese language

Portuguese is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia and Portugal. It is derived from the Latin language spoken by the Romanization Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula around 2000 years ago....
). It is the main economical subregion of the country. It covers 1,376 km² and is the most populated and densely populated Portuguese subregion (2,003,580 inhabitants and 1,455 hab/km²). Although the name Grande Lisboa, the subregion does not stand for the entire area of the Lisbon Metropolitan Area
Lisbon Metropolitan Area

Lisbon Metropolitan Area is a territorial zone that includes 18 municipalities in Portugal. The smaller Grande Lisboa area is a subregion of the NUTS II Lisbon Region by its own right....
 (for it not includes the municipalities in the south bank of the Tagus
Tagus

The Tagus is the longest river on the Iberian Peninsula. It measures 1,038 kilometers in length, 716 km of which are in Spain, 47 km as border between Portugal and Spain and the remaining 275 km in Portugal, where it empties into the Atlantic Ocean at Lisbon....
 river estuary, known as Península de Setúbal
Península de Setúbal

The Pen?nsula de Set?bal is a NUTS III subdivision of Lisbon Region , in Portugal. The subregion's administrative center is Set?bal, and the largest cities are Almada and Setubal....
).

It is bordered in the north by the Centro region, in the west by the Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions; with a total area of about 106.4 million square kilometres . It covers approximately one-fifth of the Earth's surface....
, in the east by the Alentejo
Alentejo

Alentejo is a south-central region of Portugal. Its name's origin, "Al?m-Tejo", literally translates to "Beyond the Tagus" or "Across the Tagus"....
 region and in the south by the Tagus river estuary

The subregion is the leading services center for the entire country and has also a large industrial output. It is served by the busiest Portuguese airport
Airport

An airport is a location where aircraft such as Fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and Non-rigid airship take off and land. Aircraft may also be stored or maintained at an airport....
, an international harbour and extensive network of highways and train (commuter, regional and international).

It has 9 municipalities (Concelhos in Portuguese
Portuguese language

Portuguese is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia and Portugal. It is derived from the Latin language spoken by the Romanization Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula around 2000 years ago....
):

  • Amadora
    Amadora

    Amadora is a city and a Municipalities of Portugal in Portugal, in the northwest of the Lisbon Metropolitan Area. The city and municipality population is 175,872 in eleven freguesias ....
  • Cascais
    Cascais

    Cascais is a coastal town 30 kilometres west of Lisbon, with about 35,000 residents in the town. It is a cosmopolitan suburb of the Portuguese capital and one of the richest municipalities in Portugal....
  • Lisboa
  • Loures
    Loures

    Loures is a city and a Municipalities of Portugal to the north of Lisbon. Created on 26 July 1886 by a royal decree, the municipality currently occupies an area of 169 km? and has about 200,000 inhabitants ....
  • Mafra
    Mafra

    Mafra is both a Municipalities of Portugal and a List of Towns of Portugal within the Lisbon on the Portugal west coast,in Grande Lisboa region....
  • Odivelas
    Odivelas

    Odivelas is a Municipalities of Portugal in Portugal with a total area of 26.4 km? and a total population of 143,995 inhabitants. The city itself has a population of 50,846....
  • Oeiras
    Oeiras

    Oeiras is a civil parish and a Municipalities of Portugal in western Lisbon Metropolitan Area, Portugal. It is in conurbation with Lisbon, the parish population is 34,850, and the entire Oeiras municipality has 168,475 inhabitants....
  • Sintra
    Sintra

    Sintra is both a town and a Municipalities of Portugal in Portugal, located in the district of Lisbon . The town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site on account of its 19th century Romanticism architecture....
  • Vila Franca de Xira
    Vila Franca de Xira

    Vila Franca de Xira is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 317.7 km? and a total population of 133,224 inhabitants. Situated on the west bank of the River Tagus, just 32 km north-east of the Portuguese capital Lisbon, Vila Franca de Xira is said to have been founded by French followers of Portugal's first king, Afonso_I_of_Portug...


It is part of the historical province of Estremadura
Estremadura

Estremadura is a historical province of Portugal. It is located along the Atlantic Ocean coast in the center of the country and includes Lisbon, the capital....
.

The main urban centers are Lisboa (pop. 564,647), Amadora (pop. 177,000), Algueirão-Mem Martins (pop. 103,000), Agualva-Cacém
Agualva-Cacém

Agualva-Cac?m is a Portugal city, located in the Municipalities of Portugal of Sintra. It comprises the parishes of Agualva , Cac?m , Mira-Sintra and S?o Marcos ....
 (pop. 120,000), Queluz (pop.c. 116,000) and Odivelas (pop. 79,000).