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Some areas, such as the Azores, Madeira and Macau, were deemed either impractical to decolonise or too close in ties to Continental Portugal to make independent. However, due to their distinct geography, economy, social and cultural situation, as well as historical aspirations of autonomy in Madeira and the Azores, the autonomous regions were ...
Diário de Notícias, locally known as Diário de Notícias da Madeira, is a Madeiran newspaper headquartered in Funchal, Portugal. In January 2020 its daily circulation was on average 9023, [1] making it the largest Portuguese regional newspaper in circulation. In 2016 it counted 5600 subscribers. [2] Its Sunday magazine is D7. [3] [4]
Funchal Baptist Church was established in Madeira in 1976. It is located at Rua Silvestre Quintino de Freitas, and provides English services in the morning and Portuguese in the evening. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was established on Madeira in 1983.
Electricity on Madeira is provided solely through EEM (Empresa de Electricidade da Madeira, SA, which holds a monopoly for the provision of electrical supply on the autonomous region) and consists largely of fossil fuels, but with a significant supply of seasonal hydroelectricity from the levada system, wind power and a small amount of solar.
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Funchal (capital of Madeira and the island's most populous city) [1] Machico; Porto da Cruz; Ponta Delgada, São Vicente; Ponta do Sol; Porto Moniz; Ribeira Brava; Santa Cruz; Santana [1] São Vicente; Seixal (Porto Moniz) [1]
São João da Madeira's motto, translated as "Labor, City of Work", appeals to its industrial history. In 2007, there were 3660 companies in São João da Madeira: despite being the smallest municipality in size in Portugal, it is the twentieth in economic turnover.
RTP Madeira is a Portuguese free-to-air regional television channel owned and operated by state-owned public broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP) in the Autonomous Region of Madeira. It began broadcasting on 6 August 1972. It is broadcast in the Madeira Islands and via cable and satellite in the Azores Islands and continental Portugal.