Lugar de Baixo

Sítio do Lugar de Baixo is a sea village in the municipality of Ponta do Sol in the Portuguese archipelago of Madeira. The population in 2011 was 336, in an area of 0.47 km2. It is approximately 15 kilometres west of Funchal.

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Type: Village with 336 residents
Description: human settlement in Portugal
Also known as: “Logar de Baixo”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Palacete dos Zinos and Ponta do Sol beach.

Palacete dos Zinos

Building

Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Palacete dos Zinos is a building.

Ponta do Sol beach

Beach

Photo: Einer flog zu Weit, CC BY 3.0.

Capela de São Sebastião

Church

Photo: DarwIn, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Capela de São Sebastião is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ponta do Sol and Ribeira Brava.

Ponta do Sol

Town

Photo: Paul Mannix, CC BY 2.0.

Ponta do Sol is a municipality in the southwestern coast of the island of Madeira, in the archipelago of Madeira. The population in 2011 was 8,862, in an area of 46.19 km2.

Ribeira Brava

Town

Photo: RHaworth, CC BY 2.5.

Ribeira Brava is a municipality on the island of Madeira, in the Portuguese Autonomous Region of Madeira. It is located along the southern coast, and is west of Câmara de Lobos and the regional capital Funchal, south of São Vicente, and east of Ponta do Sol. Ribeira Brava is situated 2½ km southeast of Lugar de Baixo.

Canhas

Village

Photo: RHaworth, CC BY 2.5.

Canhas is a civil parish in the municipality of Ponta do Sol in the Portuguese archipelago of Madeira. Extending into the interior from the coast, the parish has an area of 16.66 km2. It has a population of 3,769. Canhas is situated 3½ km northwest of Lugar de Baixo.

Lugar de Baixo

Categories: human settlement, administrative territorial entity, and locality
Location: Tabua, Ribeira Brava Municipality, Madeira, Islands of the Atlantic Ocean
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Latitude

32.67985° or 32° 40′ 48″ north

Longitude

-17.08893° or 17° 5′ 20″ west

Population

336

Elevation

16 metres (52 feet)

Open location code

8C44MWH6+WC

OpenStreetMap ID

node 3995321073

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

2266944

Wikidata ID

Q3266333

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Russian—“Lugar de Baixo” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Lugar de Baixo”
French: “Lugar de Baixo”
Portuguese: “Lugar de Baixo”
Russian: “Лугар-де-Байшу”

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