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Baixo Vouga is a NUTS3 Portuguese subregion integrated in the NUTS2 Centro region. It is centered around the city of '''Aveiro''' (pop. 67,000). Other major cities include '''Águeda''' (pop. 46,000), '''Ílhavo''' (pop. 36,000) and '''Ovar''' (33,000). The subregion covers an area of 1,807 km&2 and has a population of 394,393 inhabitants (2005) for an overall density of 218 hab/km&2. It's crossed from east to west by the river Vouga .

It is a subregion of heavy industry; its exports include paper, ceramics, chemistry, automobiles, and food.

The municipalities (Concelhos) are: