Caniçal
Caniçal is a civil parish in the municipality of Machico in the Portuguese island of Madeira. The population in 2011 was 3,924, in an area of 11.85 km2.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Zarco, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Forte de Nossa Senhora do Amparo and Praia de Machico.
Forte de Nossa Senhora do Amparo
Castle
Photo: DarwIn, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Forte de Nossa Senhora do Amparo is a castle, which is situated 3½ km southwest of Caniçal.
Praia de Machico
Beach
Photo: Bengt Nyman, CC BY 3.0.
Praia de Machico is a beach located near the town Machico, on the island of Madeira, Portugal. It is one of the few sandy beaches of Madeira, with sand imported from North Africa. Praia de Machico is situated 3 km southwest of Caniçal.
Pico do Facho
Peak
Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pico do Facho is a peak, which is situated 2½ km southwest of Caniçal.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Quinta do Lorde and Água de Pena.
Quinta do Lorde
Hamlet
Photo: Coeli, Public domain.
Quinta do Lorde is a hamlet, which is situated 3 km east of Caniçal.
Água de Pena
Village
Photo: Jarvin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Água de Pena is a civil parish in the municipality of Machico on the south-east coast of the Portuguese island of Madeira. The population in 2011 was 2,434, in an area of 5.15 km². Água de Pena is situated 4½ km southwest of Caniçal.
Caniçal
- Type: Town with 3,920 residents
- Description: civil parish in Machico
- Categories: freguesia of Portugal, human settlement, and locality
- Location: Caniçal, Machico Municipality, Madeira, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.7391° or 32° 44′ 21″ northLongitude
-16.73931° or 16° 44′ 22″ westPopulation
3,920Elevation
21 metres (69 feet)United Nations Location Code
PT CNLOpen location code
8C45P7Q6+J7OpenStreetMap ID
node 1832777802OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Caniçal” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Caniçal”
- Cebuano: “Caniçal”
- Chechen: “Канисал”
- Chinese: “Caniçal”
- Chinese: “卡尼萨尔”
- Chinese: “卡尼薩爾”
- Czech: “Caniçal”
- Dutch: “Canical”
- Dutch: “Caniçal”
- French: “Caniçal”
- German: “Canical”
- German: “Caniçal”
- Hungarian: “Caniçal”
- Irish: “Caniçal”
- Kazakh: “Канисал”
- Malay: “Caniçal”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Caniçal”
- Portuguese: “Canical”
- Portuguese: “Caniçal”
- Portuguese: “Freguesia de Caniçal”
- Russian: “Канисал”
- Spanish: “Canical”
- Spanish: “Caniçal”
- Tatar: “Канисал”
- Turkish: “Caniçal”
- Ukrainian: “Канісал”
- “Caniçal”
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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 “Caniçal”. Photo: Zarco, CC BY-SA 3.0.