Caniço
Caniço is a parish in the municipality of Santa Cruz in the Madeira Islands. It was elevated to city status in 2005. The population in 2011 was 23,368, in an area of 11.99 km2.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Capela da Madre de Deus and Quinta do Palheiro Ferreiro.
Capela de Nossa Senhora das Neves
Church
Photo: DarwIn, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Capela de Nossa Senhora das Neves is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Christ and Camacha.
Christ
Locality
Photo: <<graham>>, CC BY 2.0.
The Christ the King statue also known as the Sacred Heart statue, is an Art Deco statue of Jesus Christ in Garajau, Madeira.
Camacha
Town
Camacha is a parish in the municipality of Santa Cruz, on the southeastern part of Madeira Island. It is situated in the mountainous interior of the island, 3 km north of Caniço, 7 km northeast of Funchal and 6 km west of Santa Cruz.
Gaula
Village
Photo: Andretviveiros, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gaula is a Portuguese civil parish, in the municipality of Santa Cruz in the island of Madeira. The population in 2011 was 4,028, in an area of 6.95 km2. It is located 7 kilometres northeast of the island capital of Funchal.
Caniço
- Type: City with 20,200 residents
- Description: civil parish in Santa Cruz, Madeira, Portugal
- Categories: freguesia of Portugal and locality
- Location: Caniço, Santa Cruz Municipality, Madeira, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
32.65238° or 32° 39′ 9″ northLongitude
-16.84097° or 16° 50′ 28″ westPopulation
20,200Elevation
216 metres (709 feet)United Nations Location Code
PT CNOOpen location code
8C45M525+XJOpenStreetMap ID
node 314916142OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Caniço” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كانيكو”
- Asturian: “Caniço”
- Cebuano: “Caniço (parokya)”
- Cebuano: “Caniço”
- Chechen: “Канису”
- Chinese: “Caniço”
- Chinese: “卡尼苏”
- Chinese: “蘆葦堂區”
- Czech: “Caniço”
- Dutch: “Canico (Santa Cruz)”
- Dutch: “Canico”
- Dutch: “Caniço”
- French: “Caniço”
- Georgian: “კანისუ”
- German: “Canico”
- German: “Caniço”
- Hungarian: “Caniço”
- Kazakh: “Kanïsw”
- Kazakh: “Канису”
- Kazakh: “كانىيسۋ”
- Mazanderani: “کانیسو”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Caniço”
- Persian: “کانیسو”
- Polish: “Canico”
- Polish: “Caniço”
- Portuguese: “Canico (Santa Cruz)”
- Portuguese: “Caniço (Santa Cruz)”
- Portuguese: “Canico”
- Portuguese: “Caniço”
- Portuguese: “Freguesia de Caniço”
- Romanian: “Canico”
- Romanian: “Caniço”
- Russian: “Канису”
- Slovenian: “Caniço”
- South Azerbaijani: “کانیسو (سانتا کروز)”
- South Azerbaijani: “کانیسو”
- Spanish: “Canico”
- Spanish: “Caniço”
- Tatar: “Канису”
- Turkish: “Caniço”
- Ukrainian: “Канісу”
- “Caniço”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Junta de Freguesia do Caniço and Biblioteca Municipal do Caniço.
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