The New International Encyclopædia/Porto Maggiore

PORTO MAGGIORE, pōr′tō̇ mȧd-jō′rā̇. A town in the Province of Ferrara, Italy, situated on an island in the lagoons of the Commachio, about 15 miles by rail southeast of Ferrara (Map: Italy, F 3). The products are grain, beet root, and rope, and there is a trade in cattle and fish. Population (commune), in 1901, 20,162.