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Madeira generally has a mild/moderate subtropical climate with mediterranean summer droughts and winter rain. Many microclimates are found at different elevations. Madeira, uninhabited at the time, was claimed by Portuguese sailors in the service of Prince Henry the Navigator in 1419 and settled after 1420.
The Government of the Autonomous Region of Madeira is the local government of this Portuguese autonomous region. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The Regional Government is one of the two organs of self-government of the Autonomous Region along with the Regional Legislative Assembly , to which it is politically accountable .
Venda (/ ˈ v ɛ n d ə / VEN-də) or Tswetla, officially the Republic of Venda (Venda: Riphabuliki ya Venḓa; Afrikaans: Republiek van Venda), was a Bantustan in northern South Africa. It was fairly close to the South African border with Zimbabwe to the north, while, to the south and east, it shared a long border with another black homeland ...
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Territorial map corresponding to the 23 statistical subregions of mainland Portugal (NUTS III) and the 2 autonomous regions of Madeira and the Azores The nine regions of Portugal are likewise subdivided into 25 subregions ( Portuguese : subregiões ) that, from 2015, represent the 2 metropolitan areas , the 21 intermunicipal communities and the ...
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 ...
Madeira's Autonomy Day, (Portuguese: Dia da Autonomia), celebrated in Madeira on 2 April, is a holiday marking the date of the approval of the 1976 Constitution, which recognized the political and administrative autonomy of the archipelagos of Madeira and the Azores [1] [2] [3]. It is a public holiday in the Autonomous Region of Madeira.
The politics of Madeira, Portugal, takes place in the framework of a semi-presidential representative democracy and of a pluriform multi-party system. The Representative of the Republic exercises some reserve powers on behalf of the President of the Portuguese Republic. Executive power is exercised by the Regional Government.