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Administrative Region : Thessaly
Regional unit : Magnisia

Portaria (Greek: Πορταριά) is a village and a former municipality in Magnesia, Thessaly, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Volos, of which it is a municipal unit.[1] It is located on Mt. Pelion, facing the Pagasetic Gulf, north of Volos and its suburbs. The houses, their windows and their doors are painted beautifully with a variety of colors with beautifully colored edges. The mountaintop of Pelion is to the north.

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Portaria has a school, a lyceum, a gymnasium, banks, a post office and a square (plateia).
Portaria square
Portaria
Portaria, c.1820

The municipality of Portaria, population 3201 (2001) is divided in

Portaria / Δ.δ. Πορταριάς [ 1.389 ]
- Portaria / η Πορταριά [ 1.327 ]
- Agia Paraskevi / η Αγία Παρασκευή [ 36 ]
- Agios Ioannis / ο Άγιος Ιωάννης [ 26 ]
Alli Meria / Δ.δ. Άλλης Μεριάς [ 1.163 ]
- Alli Meria / η Άλλη Μεριά [ 1.009 ]
- Goritsa / η Γορίτσα [ 154 ]
Katochori / Δ.δ. Κατωχωρίου -- το Κατωχώριον [ 436 ]
Spagiates / Δ.δ. Σταγιατών -- οι Σταγιάτες [ 213 ]