Maia

municipality in Portugal
AdministrativeArea municipality_of_portugal Q990403
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Summary

Maia is a municipality of Portugal[1]. Maia ranks in the top 8% of municipality of portugal entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,525 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Porto[3], Metropolitan Area of Porto[4]
  • Country: Portugal[5]
  • Capital: Maia[6]
  • Shares border with: Gondomar[7], Porto[8], Matosinhos[9], Vila do Conde[10], Trofa[11], Santo Tirso[12], Valongo[13]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Águas Santas[14], Castêlo da Maia[15], Folgosa[16], Vila Nova da Telha[17], São Pedro Fins[18], Pedrouços[19], Nogueira e Silva Escura[20], Freguesia de Cidade da Maia[21], Milheirós[22], Moreira[23]
  • Twinned administrative body: Mantes-la-Jolie[24], Andrézieux-Bouthéon[25], Sault Ste. Marie[26], Mbombela[27]
  • Postal code: 4470[28]
  • Commons category: Maia (Portugal)[29]
  • Located in time zone: Western European Time[30]
  • Inception: 1519[31]
  • Official website: https://www.cm-maia.pt/[32]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Maia, Portugal[33]
  • Email address: mailto:geral@cm-maia.pt[34]
  • Population: 134,977[35]
  • Phone number: +351-229-408-600[36]
  • Official name: Município da Maia[37]
  • Category for people born here: Q26246991[38]
  • Category for people who died here: Q134549886[39]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Maia, Portugal[40]
  • Area: 82.94 km²[41]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Govdirectory[42]
  • Number of viewers/listeners: 372,557[43]

Why It Matters

Maia has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] Maia is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . cm-maia.pt. Retrieved . cm-maia.pt. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . mapas.ine.pt. Retrieved . mapas.ine.pt. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . cm-maia.pt. Retrieved . cm-maia.pt. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . files.dre.pt. files.dre.pt. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . ine.pt. Retrieved . ine.pt. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . govdirectory.org. Retrieved . govdirectory.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [44] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [45] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → Western European Time
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46950|batch #46950]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 11w ago · CommonsDelinker · 2026-08-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coat of arms image → MAI1.png
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Coat of arms image: MAI1.png, Replacing MAI1.png with [[File:Maia,_Portugal_(coat_of_arms).png]] (by [[:c:User:CommonsDelinker|CommonsDelinker]] because: [[:c:COM:FR|Fil"
  3. 24w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → —
    Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+82.94'}
    Shares border with → Gondomar, Porto, Matosinhos +4
    Category for people born here → Q26246991
    + 25 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Added [[wikipedia:ur:مایا، پرتگال]]"
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