Caniço

Caniço is a parish in the municipality of Santa Cruz in the Madeira Islands. It was elevated to city status in 2005. The population in 2011 was 23,368, in an area of 11.99 km2.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Quinta do Palheiro Ferreiro and Capela de Nossa Senhora das Neves.

Garden
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is a garden.

Church
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is a church.

Church
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is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Camacha and Santa Maria Maior.

Village
is a parish in the municipality of , on the southeastern part of Madeira Island. It is situated in the mountainous interior of the island, 3 km north of Caniço, 7 km northeast of and 6 km west of Santa Cruz.

Suburb
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is a civil parish in the eastern part of the municipality of on the island of . The population in 2011 was 13,352, in an area of 4.86 km2.

Suburb
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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 .

Caniço

Latitude
32.6524° or 32° 39′ 9″ north
Longitude
-16.841° or 16° 50′ 28″ west
Population
20,200
Elevation
175 metres (574 feet)
Open location code
8C45M525+XJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 314916142
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
8014037
Wiki­data ID
Q857346
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Caniço” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كانيكو”
  • Asturian: “Caniço”
  • Cebuano: “Caniço (parokya)”
  • Cebuano: “Caniço”
  • Chechen: “Канису”
  • Chinese: “Caniço”
  • Chinese: “卡尼苏”
  • Chinese: “蘆葦堂區”
  • Czech: “Caniço”
  • Dutch: “Canico (Santa Cruz)”
  • Dutch: “Canico”
  • Dutch: “Caniço”
  • French: “Caniço”
  • Georgian: “კანისუ”
  • German: “Canico”
  • German: “Caniço”
  • Hungarian: “Caniço”
  • Kazakh: “Kanïsw”
  • Kazakh: “Канису”
  • Kazakh: “كانىيسۋ”
  • Mazanderani: “کانیسو”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Caniço”
  • Persian: “کانیسو”
  • Polish: “Canico”
  • Polish: “Caniço”
  • Portuguese: “Canico (Santa Cruz)”
  • Portuguese: “Caniço (Santa Cruz)”
  • Portuguese: “Canico”
  • Portuguese: “Caniço”
  • Portuguese: “Freguesia de Caniço”
  • Romanian: “Canico”
  • Romanian: “Caniço”
  • Russian: “Канису”
  • Slovenian: “Caniço”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کانیسو (سانتا کروز)”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کانیسو”
  • Spanish: “Canico”
  • Spanish: “Caniço”
  • Tatar: “Канису”
  • Turkish: “Caniço”
  • Ukrainian: “Канісу”
  • “Caniço”

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