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Espinho, Porto, Portugali
Regional Level Types
EspinhoMunicipality
PortoDistrict
PortugalCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Espinho32,786 (2018)
Silvalde7,188 (2018)
Souto4,922 (2018)
Mindat Locality ID:
53197
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:53197:4
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Espinho, Porto, Portugal
German:
Espinho, Distrikt Porto, Portugal
Italian:
Espinho, distretto di Porto, Portogallo
Portuguese:
Espinho, Porto, Portugal
Russian:
Эшпинью, Порту, Португалия
Simplified Chinese:
埃斯皮尼奧, 波爾圖區, 葡萄牙
Spanish:
Espinho, Distrito de Oporto, Portugal
Arabic:
إسبينيو, بورتو, البرتغال
Asturian:
Espinho, Distritu de Porto
Basque:
Espinho, Porto
Catalan:
Espinho, districte de Porto, Portugal
Cebuano:
Espinho, Distrito do Porto
Danish:
Espinho, Portugal
Dutch:
Espinho , Porto, Portugal
Esperanto:
Espinho, distrikto Porto
Farsi/Persian:
اسپینیو, پرتغال
Finnish:
Espinho, Porton piiri, Portugali
Galician:
Espinho, Distrito do Porto, Portugal
Georgian:
ეშპინიუ
Greek:
Εσπίνιο, Πορτογαλία
Hebrew:
אספינאו, פורטוגל
Icelandic:
Espinho, Portúgal
Japanese:
エスピーニョ, ポルト県, ポルトガル
Korean:
이스피뉴, 포르투, 포르투갈
Lithuanian:
Espinjas, Portugalija
Mazanderani:
اسپینیو
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Espinho, Porto Koān
Mirandese:
Spinho, Çtrito de l Porto
Polish:
Espinho, Portugalia
Romanian:
Espinho, Districtul Porto, Portugalia
Slovenian:
Espinho, Portugalska
Turkish:
Espinho, Portekiz
Ukrainian:
Ешпіню, Порту, Португалія
Vietnamese:
Espinho, Porto, Bồ Đào Nha
Volapük:
Espinho
Waray:
Espinho , Porto


Espinho is a Portuguese city in the district of Aveiro. It is part of the Porto Metropolitan Area in the Northern Region.

It is the seat of the Municipality of Espinho, which has a total area of 21.06 km², 31,043 inhabitants as of 2021, and a population density of 1,474 inhabitants per km². It is divided into 4 parishes - Anta e Guetim, Espinho, Paramos, Silvalde. The municipality is bordered to the north by the municipality of Vila Nova de Gaia, to the east by Santa Maria da Feira, to the south by Ovar, and to the west by the Atlantic Ocean. (Wikipedia)

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2 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

Almandine
Formula: Fe2+3Al2(SiO4)3
Staurolite
Formula: Fe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 9 - Silicates
Almandine9.AD.25Fe2+3Al2(SiO4)3
Staurolite9.AF.30Fe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H StauroliteFe22+Al9Si4O23(OH)
OOxygen
O AlmandineFe32+Al2(SiO4)3
O StauroliteFe22+Al9Si4O23(OH)
AlAluminium
Al AlmandineFe32+Al2(SiO4)3
Al StauroliteFe22+Al9Si4O23(OH)
SiSilicon
Si AlmandineFe32+Al2(SiO4)3
Si StauroliteFe22+Al9Si4O23(OH)
FeIron
Fe AlmandineFe32+Al2(SiO4)3
Fe StauroliteFe22+Al9Si4O23(OH)

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espinho,_Portugal
Wikidata ID:Q13225053
GeoNames ID:2739868

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