Porqueira is a municipality in the province of Ourense, within the autonomous community of Galicia in north-western Spain. It belongs to the comarca (district) of A Limia, a comarca located in the southern part of the province.
As a municipality, Porqueira is one of the local administrative units that make up the province of Ourense, alongside its neighbouring municipalities in A Limia. Its status as a municipality places it within the wider administrative structure of Galicia, one of Spain's seventeen autonomous communities.