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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 .
English: Location of Madeira Islands - Madeira Autonomous Region - (red), in Portugal (green) and in the European Union (blue). Português: Localização da Madeira - Região Autónoma da Madeira - (vermelho), em Portugal (verde) e na União Europeia (azul)
The region of Madeira and Porto Santo has a total population of just under 256,060, the majority of whom live on Madeira Island (251,060) where the population density is 337/km 2; leaving around 5,000 on Porto Santo island where the population density is 112/km 2. About 247,000 residents, or 96% of the population, are Catholic.
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 ...
On November 27, 2024, the Legislative Assembly of Madeira unanimously approved the establishment of April 2 as the regional public holiday known as the Autonomy Day. This date commemorates the approval of the Portuguese Constitution on April 2, 1976, which granted political and administrative autonomy to the archipelagos of Madeira and the Azores, marking a significant milestone in Portugal's ...
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.
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 ...