Greater Metropolitan Area of Minho is a former administrative division in
Portugal. Founded in 2004, it consisted of 12 municipalities in the north of the country:
Amares,
Barcelos,
Braga,
Cabeceiras de Basto,
Fafe,
Guimarães,
Póvoa de Lanhoso,
Terras de Bouro,
Vieira do Minho,
Vila Nova de Famalicão,
Vila Verde and
Vizela, all of them part of the former
Braga District. It was disbanded in 2009, when the
intermunicipal communities Ave and Cávado were formed.