Rio Tinto is a Portuguese city and parish, located in the municipality of Gondomar, in northern Portugal. It has a population of c. 47 695 (2001 Census) inhabitants and a total area of 9.5 km².
Rio Tinto, which in Portuguese means red river, was elevated to city status in 1995, and the city of Rio Tinto includes two parishes (freguesias): Baguim do Monte and Rio Tinto, with a total of 67,000 inhabitants, being the most populous city in Gondomar municipality, and third largest in the Greater Oporto (Grande Porto).
Rio Tinto lies just out side the city of Oporto.
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