Trofa, Porto District, Norte Region, Portugal
🇵🇹 Trofa is a municipality in the north of the Porto metropolitan area in Portugal, 18 km from central Porto. The area is 72.02 km².
Trofa has a strong industrial park, with various types of industry including pharmaceutical, metalworking and textile industries.
The city centre is formed by the parish Bougado (São Martinho e Santiago). Another important centre in the municipality is Coronado.
Parishes Although in the beginning of the municipality, it had 8 parishes, with the administrative changes in 2013, is divided into 5 civil parishes (freguesias): • Alvarelhos e Guidões • Bougado (São Martinho e Santiago) • Coronado (São Romão e São Mamede) • Covelas • Muro.
History Trofa has had an important role due to its geographic location between Porto and Braga, being located in the border of Douro and Minho, but still inside of the district of Porto, which led to Trofa being mentioned in the time of the Roman Empire ("trofa" means frontier in Arab). An important factor of its growth was the construction of railways in the beginning of the 20th century, which led to rapid growth.
Europe/Lisbon/Porto
Trofa has a population of over 49,897 people. Trofa also forms one of the centres of the wider Porto Metropolitan Area which has a population of over 2,400,000 people.
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Twin Towns - Sister Cities Trofa has links with:
🇨🇻 Assomada, Cabo Verde🇺🇸 New London 41.355
🇪🇸 Cornellà de Llobregat 41.356
🇪🇸 L'Hospitalet de Llobregat 41.363
🇵🇹 Póvoa de Varzim 41.367
🇺🇸 Bowling Green 41.367
🇵🇹 Vila do Conde 41.35
🇪🇸 L' Hospitalet de Llobregat 41.35
🇪🇸 Vilafranca del Penedès 41.345
🇪🇸 Sant Boi de Llobregat 41.336
🇪🇸 Santiago de Compostela -8.544
🇵🇹 Santa Maria da Feira -8.533
🇵🇹 Vila Nova de Famalicão -8.517
🇵🇹 Oliveira do Bairro -8.5
🇵🇹 Oliveira de Azeméis -8.476
Locations Near: Trofa -8.55,41.35
🇵🇹 Vila Nova de Famalicão -8.517,41.4 d: 6.2
🇵🇹 Paços de Ferreira -8.4,41.267 d: 15.6
🇵🇹 Rio Tinto -8.56,41.178 d: 19.1
🇵🇹 Barcelos -8.617,41.517 d: 19.4
🇵🇹 Vila do Conde -8.733,41.35 d: 15.3
🇵🇹 Gondomar -8.54,41.156 d: 21.6
🇵🇹 Póvoa de Varzim -8.75,41.367 d: 16.8
Antipodal to: Trofa 171.45,-41.35
🇳🇿 Greymouth 171.214,-42.448 d: 19891.4
🇳🇿 Richmond 173.183,-41.333 d: 19870.4
🇳🇿 Nelson 173.284,-41.269 d: 19861.6
🇳🇿 Canterbury 171.58,-43.543 d: 19771
🇳🇿 Rolleston 172.383,-43.583 d: 19755.2
🇳🇿 Christchurch 172.617,-43.517 d: 19755.8
🇳🇿 Timaru 171.249,-44.397 d: 19675.9
🇳🇿 Wellington 174.767,-41.283 d: 19738