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Serra de Água is situated 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) from the municipal seat of Ribeira Brava, connected by a regional road. [3] It is bordered on the west by Tabua , São Vicente to the northwest and northeast; Ponta Delgada in the northeast; Curral das Freiras and Campanário to the east, while Ribeira Brava is to the south.
The Lada 111 or VAZ-2111 is AvtoVAZ's front wheel drive car with a station wagon bodystyle (modification of Lada 110). It was manufactured from 1998 to 2009. It was manufactured from 1998 to 2009. The vehicle is still manufactured in Cherkasy by Bogdan , marketed as the "Bogdan 2111", with only minor alterations.
Covering only 16.5 km 2 (6 sq mi), it is the smallest of the nation's seven districts in terms of area, [1] but the largest in population with 69,454 residents in 2012 rising to an estimated 77,700 in 2018. [2] It is divided into the two statistical subdistricts São Tomé and Pantufo. [3] [2]: 15
The Via Rápida 1 or VR1 (Fast Road 1 in English) is the first motorway in Madeira. Since April 2017, there is another motorway in the island called VR2. Construction started in 1989 [1] completed in 2005. [2] With 44 km it goes from Ribeira Brava to Porto do Caniçal, providing a fast connection between Funchal and the Madeira International ...
Madeira was also the host of the 2003 World Handball Championship. The Rally Vinho da Madeira is a rally race held annually since 1959, considered one of the biggest sporting events on the island [147] It was part of the European Rally Championship from 1979 to 2012 and the Intercontinental Rally Challenge from 2006 to 2010.
In the sixteenth century the Portuguese started building levadas to carry water to the agricultural regions. The most recent were made in the 1940s. Madeira is very mountainous, and building the levadas was often difficult. Many are cut into the sides of mountains, and it was also necessary to dig 25 kilometres (16 mi) of tunnels. [citation needed]
Quinta Grande, created on 24 July 1848, is one of the five civil parishes that constitute the municipality of Câmara de Lobos in the archipelago of Madeira, Portugal. The population as of 2011 [update] was 2,099, [ 1 ] in an area of 4.14 square kilometres (1.60 sq mi). [ 2 ]
The following is a list of the largest cities/towns of Madeira. Funchal is the only city with a population over ... Porto da Cruz; Ponta Delgada, São Vicente; Ponta ...