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Ribeira Brava Municipality

Tabua

Tabua 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.
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  • Type: Village with 1,160 residents
  • Description: civil parish in Ribeira Brava, Madeira, Portugal
  • Also known as: “Tabua, Madeira”

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 Ribeira Brava and Ponta do Sol.

Town
Photo: RHaworth, CC BY 2.5.
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 .

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.

Village
Photo: RHaworth, CC BY 2.5.
is a civil parish in the municipality of Ponta do Sol in the archipelago of . Extending into the interior from the coast, the parish has an area of 16.66 km2. It has a population of 3,769.

Tabua

Latitude
32.6836° or 32° 41′ 1″ north
Longitude
-17.0801° or 17° 4′ 49″ west
Population
1,160
Elevation
767 metres (2,516 feet)
Open location code
8C44MWM9+CW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1832777823
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
8014035
Wiki­data ID
Q601896
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Turkish—“Tabua” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Tábua”
  • Cebuano: “Tabua”
  • Cebuano: “Tábua”
  • Chechen: “Табуа”
  • Chinese: “Tabua”
  • Dutch: “Tabua (Ribeira Brava)”
  • Dutch: “Tabua”
  • Dutch: “Tábua”
  • French: “Tabua”
  • German: “Tabua”
  • Irish: “Tabua”
  • Kazakh: “Табуа”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Tabua”
  • Portuguese: “Tabua”
  • Russian: “Табуа”
  • Spanish: “Tabua”
  • Tatar: “Табуа”
  • Turkish: “Tabua, Madeira”
  • Turkish: “Tabua”
  • Turkish: “Tabuaças”
  • “Tabua”

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