What is the name of the second largest city of Portugal, in the north of the country?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. Porto, a city on the Douro that gave its name to port wine and to the country
- Step 1: The city on the Douro estuary is the largest in the north. Step 2. It is Porto. Answer: Porto. Why not the others: Braga and Coimbra are cities, but Faro is in the south.
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