Madeira
Funchal Municipality
Funchal (Santa Maria Maior)

Santa Maria Maior

Santa Maria Maior is a civil parish in the eastern part of the municipality of on the island of . The population in 2011 was 13,352, in an area of 4.86 km2.
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  • Type: Suburb with 11,800 residents
  • Description: civil parish in Funchal
  • Also known as: “Funchal”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Quinta do Alto and Madeira Botanical Garden.

Historic building
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is a historic building.

Garden
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is a botanical garden in , , opened to the public in 1960. The area was previously part of an estate belonging to the family of William Reid, founder of Reid's Hotel.

Photo: Akerbeltzalba, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a historic quinta and orchid garden in the Santa Maria Maior parish of on the island of , overlooking the central and western parts of Funchal.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include São Gonçalo and Santa Luzia.

Suburb
Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a freguesia parish in the municipality of , located near the south coast of the island of Madeira, in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 6,587, in an area of 7.06 km².

Suburb
Photo: Vojtěch Dostál, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a parish in the municipality of in the Madeira Islands. The population in 2011 was 5,866, in an area of 1.34 km2.

Suburb
Photo: Michael Gaylard, CC BY 2.0.
is a civil parish in the municipality of , on the island of Madeira, Portugal. It includes the historical centre of Funchal. The population in 2011 was 2,656, in an area of 3.82 km².

Santa Maria Maior

Latitude
32.65433° or 32° 39′ 16″ north
Longitude
-16.89007° or 16° 53′ 24″ west
Population
11,800
Elevation
100 metres (328 feet)
Open location code
8C45M435+PX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1879676148
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
2263496
Wiki­data ID
Q2078801
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Turkish—“Santa Maria Maior” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Santa Maria Maior”
  • Cebuano: “Funchal”
  • Chechen: “Санта-Мария-Майор”
  • Chinese: “Santa Maria Maior”
  • Chinese: “大圣母玛丽亚（丰沙尔）”
  • Chinese: “大聖母瑪麗亞（豐沙爾）”
  • Dutch: “Santa Maria Maior (Funchal)”
  • Dutch: “Santa Maria Maior”
  • French: “Santa Maria Maior”
  • Georgian: “სანტა-მარია-მაიორი”
  • German: “Santa Maria Maior”
  • Kazakh: “Санта-Мария-Майор”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Santa Maria Maior”
  • Portuguese: “Funchal (Santa Maria Maior)”
  • Portuguese: “Santa Maria Maior (Funchal)”
  • Portuguese: “Santa Maria Maior”
  • Russian: “Санта-Мария-Майор”
  • Slovenian: “Santa Maria Maior”
  • Spanish: “Santa Maria Maior”
  • Tatar: “Санта-Мария-Майор”
  • Turkish: “Santa Maria Maior”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Santa Maria Maior”. Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.