Lisbon metropolitan area

Lisbon Metropolitan Area
Área Metropolitana de Lisboa
Clockwise: view of the Rossio; view of Avenida da Liberdade from Marquis of Pombal Square; Parque das Nações; view of Vasco da Gama Bridge; Pena Palace in Sintra; aerial view of the Lisbon; view of Almada from the Christ the King statue.
Core cityLisbon
MunicipalitiesAlcochete, Almada, Barreiro, Amadora, Cascais, Lisbon, Loures, Mafra, Moita, Montijo, Odivelas, Oeiras, Palmela, Seixal, Sintra, Sesimbra, Setúbal and Vila Franca de Xira.
Government
 • PresidentCarla Tavares
Area
 • Total3,015.24 km2 (1,164.19 sq mi)
Population
 (2015)
 • Total2,871,133[1]
GDP
 • Total€87.368 billion (2022)
 • Per capita€30,642 (2022)
HDI (2021)0.900[4]
very high · 1st
WebsiteOfficial website

The Lisbon Metropolitan Area (Portuguese: Área Metropolitana de Lisboa; abbreviated as AML) is a metropolitan area in Portugal centered on Lisbon, the capital and largest city of the country. The metropolitan area, covering 18 municipalities is the largest urban area in the country and the 10th largest in the European Union, with a population in 2015 of 2,812,678 in an area of 3,015.24 km².[5][6]

The Lisbon Metropolitan Area has the largest GDP (€76.4 billion) of any metropolitan area in Portugal.[7] The region is home to the largest tech hub in the country and a majority of Portugal's major multinational corporations by revenue are based there.

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  2. ^ "Produto interno bruto (B.1*g) a preços correntes (Base 2016 - €) por Localização geográfica (NUTS - 2013); Anual". www.ine.pt. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Produto interno bruto (B.1*g) por habitante a preços correntes (Base 2016 - €) por Localização geográfica (NUTS - 2013); Anual". www.ine.pt. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Sub-national HDI – Area Database – Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  5. ^ "Law nr. 75/2013" (PDF). Diário da República (in Portuguese). Assembly of the Republic (Portugal). Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  6. ^ Marques da Costa, Eduarda (2016). "Socio-Economia" (PDF). Atlas Digital da Área Metropolitana de Lisboa.
  7. ^ "Gross domestic product (GDP) at current market prices by metropolitan regions".

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