Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal

E181992

city municipality

Vila Nova de Gaia is a large city in northern Portugal, located across the Douro River from Porto and renowned for its historic port wine cellars and riverfront.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Vila Nova de Gaia	16
Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal canonical	4
Vila Nova de Gaia south bank	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1607206 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
Context triple: [Anaheim, hasSisterCity, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal]

A. Estoril
Estoril is a coastal resort town in the municipality of Cascais, Portugal, known for its beaches, casino, and historic role as a refuge for exiled royalty and political figures.
B. Queluz, Portugal
Queluz, Portugal is a historic town near Lisbon best known for its 18th-century royal palace, a former residence of the Portuguese royal family.
C. Almada
Almada is a Portuguese city located on the south bank of the Tagus River, opposite Lisbon, known for its panoramic views of the capital and its prominent Cristo Rei statue.
D. Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
Funchal, Madeira, Portugal is the capital city of Portugal’s Madeira archipelago, known for its scenic harbor, subtropical climate, and as the hometown of footballer Cristiano Ronaldo.
E. Alverca do Ribatejo, Portugal
Alverca do Ribatejo is a suburban city in the Lisbon metropolitan area of Portugal, known for its industrial activity and proximity to the Tagus River.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
Target entity description: Vila Nova de Gaia is a large city in northern Portugal, located across the Douro River from Porto and renowned for its historic port wine cellars and riverfront.

A. Estoril
Estoril is a coastal resort town in the municipality of Cascais, Portugal, known for its beaches, casino, and historic role as a refuge for exiled royalty and political figures.
B. Queluz, Portugal
Queluz, Portugal is a historic town near Lisbon best known for its 18th-century royal palace, a former residence of the Portuguese royal family.
C. Almada
Almada is a Portuguese city located on the south bank of the Tagus River, opposite Lisbon, known for its panoramic views of the capital and its prominent Cristo Rei statue.
D. Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
Funchal, Madeira, Portugal is the capital city of Portugal’s Madeira archipelago, known for its scenic harbor, subtropical climate, and as the hometown of footballer Cristiano Ronaldo.
E. Alverca do Ribatejo, Portugal
Alverca do Ribatejo is a suburban city in the Lisbon metropolitan area of Portugal, known for its industrial activity and proximity to the Tagus River.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ municipality ⓘ
adjacentTo	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
borderedBy	Espinho ⓘ Gondomar ⓘ Matosinhos ⓘ surface form: Matosinhos (across Douro estuary/Atlantic coast region) Porto ⓘ Santa Maria da Feira ⓘ
climate	Mediterranean climate with Atlantic influence ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Portugal ⓘ
countryCode	PT ⓘ
currency	Euro ⓘ
governingBody	Municipal Chamber of Vila Nova de Gaia ⓘ
hasAttraction	Porto north bank ⓘ surface form: Cais de Gaia riverfront Porto north bank ⓘ surface form: Serra do Pilar area overlooking Porto beaches of Gaia ⓘ
hasBridgeConnectionWith	Porto ⓘ
hasCoastline	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity	port wine aging ⓘ port wine storage ⓘ
hasHeritage	historic port wine lodges ⓘ
hasIndustry	services sector ⓘ tourism ⓘ wine industry ⓘ
hasTransport	Arrábida Bridge connection to Porto ⓘ Dom Luís I Bridge connection to Porto ⓘ Freixo Bridge connection to Porto ⓘ Dom Luís I Bridge ⓘ surface form: Infante Bridge connection to Porto Porto Metro ⓘ surface form: Porto Metro Line D
knownFor	port wine cellars ⓘ riverfront ⓘ wine tourism ⓘ
languageUsed	Portuguese ⓘ
locatedIn	Norte Region ⓘ Porto District ⓘ
locatedInNorthernPartOf	Portugal ⓘ
locatedOnRiver	Douro River ⓘ
locatedOpposite	Porto ⓘ
officialLanguage	Portuguese ⓘ
partOf	Metropolitan Area of Porto ⓘ
subdivisionType	civil parish ⓘ
timeZone	Western European Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST	Western European Summer Time ⓘ
tourismType	beach tourism ⓘ urban tourism ⓘ wine tourism ⓘ
urbanArea	Metropolitan Area of Porto ⓘ surface form: Porto metropolitan urban area
wineRegionRelation	traditional center for port wine cellars serving Douro wine region ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Anaheim → hasSisterCity → Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal ⓘ

Krefeld, Germany → twinTown → Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal ⓘ

subject surface form: Krefeld