Madeira
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| Madeira | |||
| Autonomous Region (Região Autónoma) | |||
 A view o Funchal, the caipital ceety o the autonomous region.
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| Official name: Região Autónoma da Madeira | |||
| Name origin: madeira, Portuguese for firth | |||
| Motto: Das ilhas, as mais belas e livres (Of all islands, the most beautiful and free) |
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| Nickname: Pérola do Atlântico (Pearl of the Atlantic) |
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| Kintra |  Portugal |
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| Autonomous Region |  Madeira |
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| Region | Atlantic Ocean | ||
| Subregion | Tore-Madeira Ridge | ||
| Position | Madeira Platform, Savage Islands submarine mount |
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| Islands | Madeira, Porto Santo, Desertas, Selvagem | ||
| Caipital | Funchal | ||
| Lairgest ceety | Funchal | ||
| - coordinates | 32°39′4″N 16°54′35″W / 32.65111°N 16.90972°W | ||
| Highest point | Pico Ruivo | ||
| Lowest point | Sea level | ||
| Population | 267,302 (2011) Estimate[1] |
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| Settlement | c. 1420 | ||
| - Admeenistrative autonomy | c. 1895 | ||
| - Polieeical autonomy | 4 September 1976 | ||
| Discovery | c. 1415 | ||
| Management | |||
| - coordinates | 32°38′49.96″N 16°54′29.59″W / 32.6472111°N 16.9082194°W | ||
| Government | |||
| - coordinates | 32°38′42.39″N 16°54′57.16″W / 32.6451083°N 16.9158778°W | ||
| Preses (Govrenment) | Alberto João Jardim (PPD-PSD) | ||
| - Preses (Assembleia) | José Miguel Jardim d´Olival de Mendonça (PPD-PSD) | ||
| Timezone | WET (UTC0) | ||
| - simmer (DST) | WEST (UTC+1) | ||
| ISO 3166-2 code | PT-30 | ||
| Postal code | 9XXX-XXX | ||
| Aurie code | (+351) 291 XXX XXX | ||
| ccTLD | .pt | ||
| Date format | dd-mm-yyyy | ||
| Drive | richt-side | ||
| Demonym | Madeiran; Madeirense | ||
| Patron Saunt | Nossa Senhora do Monte | ||
| Holiday | 1 Julie | ||
| Anthem | A Portuguesa (national) Hino da Madeira (regional) |
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| Currency | Euro (€)[2] | ||
| Gross domestic product (PPP) | € 6,361 billion[3] (2008) |
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| Per caipita GDP | € 25,800-$35,589[3] |
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.jpg) Location o the airchipelago o Madeira
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 Distribution o the islands o the airchipelago (no includin the Savage islands)
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| Wikimedia Commons: Madeira | |||
| Statistics: Instituto Nacional de Estatística[4] | |||
| Wabsteid: www.gov-madeira.pt | |||
| Geographic detail from CAOP (2010)[5] produced by Instituto Geográfico Português (IGP) | |||
Madeira (
/məˈdɪərə/ mə-DEER-ə or /məˈdɛərə/ mə-DAIR-ə; Portuguese: [mɐˈðejɾɐ] or [mɐˈðɐjɾɐ]) is a Portuguese airchipelago that lees atween 32°22.3′N 16°16.5′W / 32.3717°N 16.275°W an 33°7.8′N 17°16.65′W / 33.13°N 17.2775°W, juist unner 400 km north o Tenerife, Canary Islands, in the north Atlantic Ocean an an ootermaist region o the European Union.[6] The airchipelago comprises the major pairt o ane o the twa Autonomous regions o Portugal (the ither being the Azores locatit tae the northwast), that includes the islands o Madeira, Porto Santo, an the Desertas, admeenistered thegither wi the separate airchipelago o the Savage Islands.
References [edit]
- Notes
- ↑ http://www.ine.pt/scripts/flex_v10/Main.html
- ↑ Till 2002, the Portuguese escudo wis uised in financial transactions, an till 1910 the Portuguese real wis the currency uised bi the monarchy o Portugal.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 GDP per inhabitant in 2008. Eurostat. Retrieved on 29 Mairch 2011. .
- ↑ INE, ed. (2010) (in Portuguese), Censos 2011 - Resultadas Preliminares, Lisbon, Portugal: Instituto Nacional de Estatística, http://www.ine.pt/xportal/xmain?xpid=INE&xpgid=ine_publicacoes&PUBLICACOESpub_boui=122114780&PUBLICACOESmodo=2, retrieved 1 July 2011
- ↑ IGP, ed. (2010) (in Portuguese), Carta Administrativa Oficial de Portugal, Lisbon, Portugal: Instituto Geográfico Português, http://www.igeo.pt/produtos/cadastro/caop/download/Areas_Freg_Mun_Dist_CAOP2010.zip, retrieved 1 July 2011
- ↑ EUROPA - Glossary - Outermost regions. Europa.eu (2008-07-17). Retrieved on 30 Julie 2010. .
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