Maia, Portugal

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Maia
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Municipal flag
Coat of arms of Maia
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Location of Maia
Location  
 - Country Flag of Portugal Portugal
 - Region Norte
 - Subregion Grande Porto
 - District or A.R. Porto
Mayor
 - Party
Area 83.70 km²
Population
 - Total 120,111 (2001)
 - Density /km²
No. of parishes 17
Coordinates 41°14'N 8°37'W
Municipal holiday
Website: http://www.cm-maia.pt

Maia (pron. IPA: ['maiɐ]) is a parish (freguesia), a city and a municipality in the Porto Metropolitan Area and Grande Porto subregion. It has a population of 9,816 in the Maia parish, whereas the urban area of the city of Maia has a total population of 35,625[1], and the Maia municipality comprises 120,744 inhabitants in 17 parishes for a land area of 83.70 km². Another important village in Maia municipality is Águas Santas with 25,249 people in conurbation with the municipality of Porto.

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[edit] Economy

Maia municipality is highly developed by european standards.

It includes Sonae Indústria, a leading wood-based products company; market leader for paint & coating products CIN; fruit processing company Frulact; and cereal processing company Cerealis, which are headquartered in the municipality.

CEIIA-CE is located in the TECMAIA (Parque de Ciência e Tecnologia da Maia complex), situated in the Maia Industrial Zone [2]

[edit] Transportation

In the parish of Moreira in Pedras Rubras is located the Porto international airport, Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport (also known as Pedras Rubras).

[edit] Education

Maia is home of ISMAI - Instituto Superior da Maia, a private institution of higher education awarding degrees in fields ranging from psychology to communication sciences to physical education & sports to accountancy to information systems & software.

[edit] Parishes

The 17 parishes of Maia are:

  • Águas Santas (Large urban area-Town)
  • Barca
  • Folgosa
  • Gemunde
  • Gondim
  • Gueifães (Part of City of Maia)
  • Maia(City of Maia/Central)
  • Milheirós
  • Moreira
  • Nogueira
  • Pedrouços
  • Santa Maria de Avioso
  • São Pedro de Avioso
  • São Pedro Fins
  • Silva Escura
  • Vermoim (City of Maia)
  • Vila Nova da Telha

The city of Maia includes 3 parishes:Gueifoes,Maia and Vermoim,with almost

40,000 inhabitantes.

The Oporto(Porto){OPO}Int.Airport is located in Pedras Rubras, Moreira parish.

[edit] References

  1. ^ UMA POPULAÇÃO QUE SE URBANIZA, Uma avaliação recente - Cidades, 2004 Nuno Pires Soares, Instituto Geográfico Português (Geographic Institute of Portugal)
  2. ^ CEIIA
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