
Map showing the location of the Baixo Vouga subregion
Baixo Vouga is a NUTS3 Portuguese subregion integrated in the NUTS2 Centro region. Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. CentrO is part of a large commercial development in Oberhausen, Germany called the "Neue Mitte" or "new center" It is centered around the city of Aveiro (pop. 55,673). Other major cities include Águeda (pop. 14,000), Ílhavo (pop. 17,000) and Ovar (18,000). The subregion covers an area of 1,807 km² and has a population of 394,393 inhabitants (2005) for an overall density of 218 hab/km². It's crossed from east to west by the river Vouga. River Vouga is a river in the Center region of Portugal. The source of the Vouga is the Chafariz da Lapa at a height of 864 m in the parish of Quintela, municipality
It is a subregion of heavy industry; its exports include paper, ceramics, chemistry, automobiles, and food.
The municipalities (Concelhos) are:
- Águeda city [about 14. Águeda ( pron 'agɨdɐ is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 335 000 in city/cidade]
- Albergaria-a-Velha town [8. Albergaria-a-Velha ( pron aɫbɨɾgɐ'ɾiɐ ɐ 'vɛʎɐ is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 155 ooo]
- Anadia city [5. 500]
- Aveiro [chief city] {capital of Baixo Vouga} [55. Aveiro (aˈvɐjɾu is a city of some 57000 people and a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 199 673]
- Estarreja city [7. Estarreja ( pron (ɨʃtɐ'ʁɐjʒɐ or) is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 108 000]
- Ílhavo city[17. Ílhavo ( pron 'iʎɐvu is a municipality in Portugal, with an area of 73 000]
- Mealhada city[5. Mealhada ( pron miɐ'ʎadɐ is a city and a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 110 000]
- Murtosa town/vila[3. Murtosa ( pron muɾ'tɔzɐ is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 73 000]
- Oliveira do Bairro city[5. Oliveira do Bairro ( pron oli'vɐjɾɐ du 'bajʁu is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 87 500]
- Ovar city [18. Ovar ( pron o'vaɾ or) is a city and a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 147 000]
- Sever do Vouga town[3. Sever do Vouga ( pron sɨ'vɛɾ du 'vo(owgɐ is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 129 000]
- Vagos town[4. Vagos ( pron 'vaguʃ is a municipality in the district of Aveiro (district in the country of Portugal. 000]
other city:Gafanha da Nazare (in the municipality of Ilhavo) [14. 000]
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