Monte
Monte is a civil parish in the municipality and a suburb of Funchal in the Portuguese archipelago of Madeira. Locally, the parish is also known as Nossa Senhora do Monte.- Type: Suburb with 7,440 residents
- Description: civil parish in Funchal
- Also known as: “Nossa Senhora do Monte”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Madeira Toboggan and Church of Our Lady of the Mount.
Madeira Toboggan
Carros de cesto do Monte, known as Monte Toboggan – means of transportation from Monte in Funchal, the capital of Portuguese island Madeira. It consists of carts that are wicker baskets mounted on skids, sometimes compared to toboggan.Church of Our Lady of the Mount
Church
The Church of Our Lady of the Mount is the main church in the civil parish of Monte, in Funchal, Madeira island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Santa Luzia and Imaculado Coração de Maria.
Santa Luzia
Suburb
Santa Luzia is a parish in the municipality of Funchal in the Madeira Islands. The population in 2011 was 5,866, in an area of 1.34 km2.
Imaculado Coração de Maria
Suburb
Imaculado Coração de Maria is a civil parish in the municipality of Funchal in the archipelago of Madeira. Imaculado Coração de Maria, which is Portuguese for The Immaculate Heart of Mary, is a suburb of Funchal.
Santa Maria Maior
Suburb
Santa Maria Maior is a civil parish in the eastern part of the municipality of Funchal on the island of Madeira. The population in 2011 was 13,352, in an area of 4.86 km2. Santa Maria Maior is situated 3 km southeast of Monte.
Monte
- Categories: freguesia of Portugal and locality
- Location: Monte, Funchal, Madeira, Islands of the Atlantic Ocean
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.67634° or 32° 40′ 35″ north
Longitude
-16.90379° or 16° 54′ 14″ west
Population
7,440
Elevation
350 metres (1,148 feet)
Open location code
8C45M3GW+GF
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
Discover Monte from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Asturian to Urdu—“Monte” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Monte”
- Basque: “Monte”
- Catalan: “Monte”
- Cebuano: “Nossa Senhora do Monte”
- Chechen: “Монте”
- Chinese: “Monte”
- Chinese: “山区(丰沙尔)”
- Chinese: “山區(豐沙爾)”
- Czech: “Monte”
- Dutch: “Monte (Funchal)”
- Dutch: “Monte”
- French: “Monte (Funchal)”
- French: “Monte”
- French: “Nossa Senhora do Monte”
- Georgian: “მონტე”
- German: “Monte”
- Hebrew: “מונטה”
- Hungarian: “Monte (Madeira)”
- Hungarian: “Monte”
- Italian: “Monte”
- Japanese: “ノッサ・セニョーラ・ド・モンテ教会”
- Kazakh: “Монте”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Monte”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Nossa Senhora do Monte”
- Norwegian: “Nossa Senhora do Monte”
- Portuguese: “Monte (Funchal)”
- Portuguese: “Monte”
- Portuguese: “Nossa Senhora do Monte (Funchal)”
- Russian: “Монте”
- Slovenian: “Monte”
- Slovenian: “Nossa Senhora do Monte”
- Spanish: “Monte”
- Spanish: “Nossa Senhora do Monte (Funchal)”
- Tatar: “Монте”
- Turkish: “Monte”
- Ukrainian: “Монте”
- Urdu: “مونٹے (فونشال)”
- Urdu: “مونٹے”
- “Monte”
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Highlights include Estação Ferroviária do Monte and Parque Monteiro.
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