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Madeira
Ribeira Brava Municipality

Ribeira Brava

Ribeira Brava is a municipality on the island of Madeira, in the Autonomous Region of Madeira. It is located along the southern coast, and is west of and the regional capital , south of , and east of .
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  • Type: Town with 6,590 residents
  • Description: municipality in Madeira, Portugal
  • Also known as: “Ribeira Brava (Madeira)”, “Ribeira Brava, Madeira”, and “Ribeira Brava, Madeira Municipality”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ribeira Brava Lighthouse and Madeira Ethnographic Museum.

Lighthouse
Photo: Ricardo Liberato, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Farol da Ribeira Brava is a small lighthouse on the south coast of the island of Madeira, . The lighthouse was built in 1930 on top of a promontory at a focal height of 34 metres, located 16 km west of the city of .

Museum
Photo: Nuno24692, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Fort
Photo: jad99, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ponta do Sol and Campanário.

Town
Photo: Paul Mannix, CC BY 2.0.
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. is situated 4 km west of Ribeira Brava.

Village
Photo: Mark Woodbury, CC BY 2.0.
is a civil parish in the municipality of Ribeira Brava in the island of Madeira. The population in 2011 was 4,582, in an area of 11.74 km².

Village
Photo: Cookaa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a parish in the municipality of Ribeira Brava in the island of Madeira. It is located on the south coast, west of . The population in 2011 was 1,156, in an area of 11.03 km2.

Ribeira Brava

Latitude
32.6701° or 32° 40′ 12″ north
Longitude
-17.065° or 17° 3′ 54″ west
Population
6,590
Elevation
503 metres (1,650 feet)
Open location code
8C44MWCM+2X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 25269577
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
8014034
Wiki­data ID
Q250139
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In Other Languages

From Aragonese to Waray—“Ribeira Brava” goes by many names.
  • Aragonese: “Ribeira Brava”
  • Armenian: “Ռիբեյրա Բրավա”
  • Basque: “Ribeira Brava”
  • Catalan: “Ribeira Brava”
  • Cebuano: “Ribeira Brava”
  • Chechen: “Рибейра-Брава”
  • Chinese: “Ribeira Brava”
  • Chinese: “里韋拉布拉瓦”
  • Czech: “Ribeira Brava”
  • Dutch: “Ribeira Brava (Madeira)”
  • Dutch: “Ribeira Brava”
  • Finnish: “Ribeira Brava”
  • French: “Ribeira Brava”
  • German: “Ribeira Brava”
  • Hungarian: “Ribeira Brava”
  • Irish: “Ribeira Brava”
  • Italian: “Ribeira Brava”
  • Korean: “히베이라브라바”
  • Lithuanian: “Ribeira Brava”
  • Lombard: “Ribeira Brava”
  • Malay: “Ribeira Brava, Madeira”
  • Malay: “Ribeira Brava”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Ribeira Brava”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ribeira Brava”
  • Norwegian: “Ribeira Brava”
  • Novial: “Ribeira Brava, Madeira”
  • Polish: “Ribeira Brava”
  • Portuguese: “Município da Ribeira Brava”
  • Portuguese: “Ribeira Brava (Madeira)”
  • Portuguese: “Ribeira Brava”
  • Russian: “Рибейра-Брава”
  • Slovenian: “Ribeira Brava”
  • Spanish: “Ribeira Brava”
  • Tatar: “Рибейра-Брава”
  • Turkish: “Ribeira Brava”
  • Ukrainian: “Рібейра-Брава”
  • Vietnamese: “Ribeira Brava (đô thị)”
  • Vietnamese: “Ribeira Brava, Madeira”
  • Volapük: “Ribeira Brava”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Ribeira Brava, Madeira”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Ribeira Brava”
  • “Ribeira Brava”

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