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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.
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.
As of 2021, Madeira had a total population of 245,595. The island is the top of a massive submerged shield volcano that rises about 6 km (3.7 mi) from the floor of the Atlantic Ocean. The volcano formed atop an east–west rift [ 1 ] [ 2 ] in the oceanic crust along the African Plate , beginning during the Miocene epoch over 5 million years ago ...
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 ...
The region, much like the rest of the Madeira is shaped by the Gulf Stream, and consequently has a narrow temperature variation. The climate can be divided into three main seasons: a warm and dry season spanning from June to August with average daily high temperatures ranging from 23 to 26 °C (73 to 79 °F), a warm and wet season from mid ...
The following is a list of the largest cities/towns of Madeira. Funchal is the only city with a population over 100,000. Madeira Island. Calheta; Câmara de Lobos [1]
Madeira (/ m ə ˈ d ɪər ə / mə-DEER-ə or / m ə ˈ d ɛər ə / mə-DAIR-ə; [4] [5] [6] European Portuguese: [mɐˈðɐjɾɐ] ⓘ), officially the Autonomous Region of Madeira (Portuguese: Região Autónoma da Madeira), is an autonomous region of Portugal.
Porto da Cruz (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpoɾtu ðɐ ˈkɾuʃ], is a civil parish in the municipality of Machico in the northeastern corner of Madeira. The population in 2011 was 2,597, [1] in an area of 25.22 km 2. [2]