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Santa Cruz Municipality

Santa Cruz is a municipality, a parish and a city in the eastern part of the island of Madeira. It is the second most populous municipality, behind . The population in 2011 was 43,005, in an area of 81.50 km2.
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  • Type: City with 6,950 residents
  • Description: municipality in Madeira, Portugal
  • Also known as: “Santa Cruz”, “Santa Cruz (Madeira)”, “Santa Cruz, Madeira”, and “Santa Cruz, Madeira Municipality”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Madeira Airport and Forte de São Fernando.

Aerodrome
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Cristiano Ronaldo International Airport — also known as , Funchal Airport, and formerly Santa Catarina Airport — is an international airport in the civil parish of Santa Cruz in the Portuguese archipelago and autonomous region of .

Castle
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is a castle.

Church
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is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Camacha and Água de Pena.

Town
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 , 7 km northeast of and 6 km west of Santa Cruz.

Village
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is a civil parish in the municipality of Machico on the south-east coast of the island of Madeira. The population in 2011 was 2,434, in an area of 5.15 km².

Village
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is a civil parish, in the municipality of Santa Cruz in the island of . 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 .

Santa Cruz Municipality

Latitude
32.6875° or 32° 41′ 15″ north
Longitude
-16.7912° or 16° 47′ 28″ west
Population
6,950
Elevation
316 metres (1,037 feet)
Open location code
8C45M6P5+XG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5298507481
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
8010680
Wiki­data ID
Q658823
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Santa Cruz Municipality” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سانتا كروز”
  • Aragonese: “Santa Cruz”
  • Asturian: “Santa Cruz”
  • Basque: “Santa Cruz”
  • Catalan: “Santa Cruz”
  • Cebuano: “Santa Cruz”
  • Chechen: “Санта-Круш”
  • Chinese: “Santa Cruz”
  • Chinese: “聖克魯斯”
  • Czech: “Santa Cruz”
  • Dutch: “Santa Cruz (Madeira)”
  • Dutch: “Santa Cruz”
  • Finnish: “Santa Cruz”
  • French: “Santa Cruz”
  • Georgian: “სანტა-კრუში”
  • German: “Santa Cruz”
  • Greek: “Σάντα Κρουζ”
  • Hebrew: “סנטה קרוש”
  • Hungarian: “Santa Cruz”
  • Irish: “Santa Cruz”
  • Italian: “Santa Cruz”
  • Korean: “산타크루스”
  • Lithuanian: “Santa Kruzas”
  • Lombard: “Santa Cruz (Portogall)”
  • Lombard: “Santa Cruz”
  • Mazanderani: “سانتا کروز، مادیرا”
  • Mazanderani: “سانتا کروز”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Santa Cruz”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Santa Cruz”
  • Norwegian: “Santa Cruz”
  • Persian: “سانتا کروز، مادیرا”
  • Persian: “سانتا کروز”
  • Polish: “Santa Cruz”
  • Portuguese: “Município de Santa Cruz”
  • Portuguese: “Santa Cruz (Madeira)”
  • Portuguese: “Santa Cruz”
  • Russian: “Санта-Круш”
  • Slovenian: “Santa Cruz”
  • Spanish: “Santa Cruz”
  • Tatar: “Санта-Круш”
  • Turkish: “Santa Cruz, Madeira”
  • Turkish: “Santa Cruz”
  • Ukrainian: “Санта-Круж”
  • Ukrainian: “Санта-Круш”
  • Urdu: “سانتا کروز، مادیعیرا”
  • Urdu: “سانتا کروز”
  • Vietnamese: “Santa Cruz, Madeira”
  • Vietnamese: “Santa Cruz”
  • Volapük: “Santa Cruz”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Santa Cruz, Madeira”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Santa Cruz”

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