Rio Tinto (Gondomar)

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|image_caption = Train in Rio Tinto, Portugal

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|image_shield = Brasão de Rio Tinto.jpg

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|region = Norte

|metro = Porto

|district = Porto

|municipality = Gondomar

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|area_total = 9.38

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|website = {{website|http://www.jf-riotinto.pt/}}

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Rio Tinto ({{IPA|pt-PT|ˈʁi.u ˈtĩtu}}; "Colored River") is a Portuguese city and parish located in Gondomar Municipality, in northern Portugal. The population in 2011 was 50,713,[http://www.ine.pt/ngt_server/attachfileu.jsp?look_parentBoui=165404348&att_display=n&att_download=y Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE)], Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal in an area of 9.38 km2.{{Cite web |url=http://www.dgterritorio.pt/cartografia_e_geodesia/cartografia/carta_administrativa_oficial_de_portugal_caop_/caop__download_/carta_administrativa_oficial_de_portugal___versao_2017__em_vigor_/ |title=Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país |access-date=2018-11-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181105172426/http://www.dgterritorio.pt/cartografia_e_geodesia/cartografia/carta_administrativa_oficial_de_portugal_caop_/caop__download_/carta_administrativa_oficial_de_portugal___versao_2017__em_vigor_/ |archive-date=2018-11-05 |url-status=dead }}

Rio Tinto, which in Portuguese means red river, was elevated to city status in 1995, and the city of Rio Tinto includes two parishes ({{lang|pt|freguesias}}): Baguim do Monte and Rio Tinto, with a total of 65,000 inhabitants, being the most populous city in Gondomar municipality, and third largest in the Greater Porto agglomeration.

File:POR Rio Tinto Igreja Sao Cristovao 04.jpg

Rio Tinto lies just outside the city of Porto.

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Category:Cities in Portugal

Category:Freguesias of Gondomar, Portugal

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