Porto (Portuguese pron. IPA: ['poɾtu]) is a city in northern Portugal an is the second largest city in Portugal, with a 2005 estimated population of 238,465 in the 15 parishes of Porto municipality, 1.6 million in the 14 Greater Metropolitan Area of Porto municipalities, which is an administrative and political entity, and 2.99 million people in the broader agglomeration of Northern Littoral Urban-Metropolitan Region (includes cities ranging from Braga to Oliveira de Azeméis). Porto's municipality is the core of a large northern Atlantic conurbation, and Porto district is one of the most industrialized districts in Portugal.