Calheta
Calheta is on the southwest coast of Madeira. Whilst in Calheta town consider visiting the historic, picturesque fishing villages of Paul do Mar and Jardim do Mar which were venues in 2001 for the World Surfing Championships.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 1,620 residents
- Description: municipality of Madeira, Portugal
- Also known as: “Calheta (Madeira)”, “Calheta Municipality”, and “Calheta, Madeira”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Casa das Mudas and Praia da Calheta.
Praia da Calheta
Beach
Praia da Calheta is a beach located near the town Calheta, on the island of Madeira, Portugal. It is one of the few sandy beaches of Madeira, with sand imported from North Africa.
Centro das Artes - Casa das Mudas
Building
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Centro das Artes - Casa das Mudas is a building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Estreito da Calheta and Arco da Calheta.
Estreito da Calheta
Village
Photo: Hans-Jürgen Becker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Estreito da Calheta is a civil parish in the municipality of Calheta in the Portuguese island of Madeira. The population in 2011 was 1,607, in an area of 14.32 km2.
Arco da Calheta
Village
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Arco da Calheta is a civil parish in the municipality of Calheta in the Portuguese island of Madeira. The population in 2021 was 2,999, in an area of 14.70 km². Arco da Calheta is the largest parish in Calheta in population. Arco da Calheta is situated 3 km east of Calheta.
Jardim do Mar
Village
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Jardim do Mar is a civil parish in the western part of the municipality of Calheta in the Portuguese island of Madeira. The population in 2011 was 204, in an area of 0.74 km2. It is approximately 3 kilometres northwest of Calheta. Jardim do Mar is situated 3½ km northwest of Calheta.
Calheta
- Categories: municipality of Portugal, second-level administrative division, and locality
- Location: Calheta, Calheta Municipality, Madeira, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.72194° or 32° 43′ 19″ northLongitude
-17.17826° or 17° 10′ 42″ westPopulation
1,620Elevation
287 metres (942 feet)Open location code
8C44PRCC+QMOpenStreetMap ID
node 25269574OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
2270408Wikidata ID
Q757078
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Aragonese to Welsh—“Calheta” goes by many names.
- Aragonese: “Calheta”
- Basque: “Calheta”
- Catalan: “Calheta”
- Cebuano: “Calheta”
- Chechen: “Кальета”
- Chinese: “Calheta”
- Chinese: “卡列塔”
- Czech: “Calheta”
- Dutch: “Calheta (Madeira)”
- Dutch: “Calheta”
- Finnish: “Calheta”
- French: “Calheta”
- German: “Calheta”
- Hebrew: “קלייטה”
- Hungarian: “Calheta”
- Irish: “Calheta”
- Italian: “Calheta”
- Korean: “칼례타”
- Lombard: “Calheta (Madeira)”
- Lombard: “Calheta”
- Malay: “Calheta, Madeira”
- Malay: “Calheta”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Calheta”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Calheta”
- Norwegian: “Calheta”
- Novial: “Calheta, Madeira”
- Polish: “Calheta”
- Portuguese: “Calheta”
- Portuguese: “Município da Calheta”
- Romanian: “Calheta”
- Russian: “Кальета”
- Spanish: “Calheta”
- Spanish: “Municipio da Calheta”
- Tatar: “Кальета”
- Turkish: “Calheta”
- Ukrainian: “Кальєта”
- Volapük: “Calheta”
- Waray (Philippines): “Calheta, Madeira”
- Waray (Philippines): “Calheta”
- Welsh: “Calheta”
- “Calheta”
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Notable Places Nearby
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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 Wikivoyage page “Calheta”. Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.