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Madeira
Calheta Municipality

Ponta do Pargo

Ponta do Pargo is a civil parish in the municipality of Calheta in the island of Madeira. The population in 2011 was 909, in an area of 24.71 km2. It is located west of the municipal seat of Calheta, and southwest of the municipality of Porto Moniz.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Farol da Ponta do Pargo and Igreja de São Pedro.

Lighthouse
Photo: Michael Gaylard, CC BY 2.0.
The is an active lighthouse located in Ponta do Pargo, Madeira, . The lighthouse was built in 1922 on top of Ponta Vigia, a rocky cliff escarpment and has a focal height of 312 metres.

Church
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is a church.

Church
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is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fajã da Ovelha and Achadas da Cruz.

Village
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is a civil parish in the municipality of in the island of Madeira. The population in 2011 was 895, in an area of 22.16 km2. is situated 4½ km south of Ponta do Pargo.

Village
Photo: Stephen Colebourne, CC BY 2.0.
is a civil parish in the municipality of in the island of Madeira. The population in 2011 was 159, in an area of 7.88 km2. is situated 5 km northeast of Ponta do Pargo.

Ponta do Pargo

Latitude
32.813° or 32° 48′ 47″ north
Longitude
-17.248° or 17° 14′ 53″ west
Population
1,150
Elevation
611 metres (2,005 feet)
Open location code
8C44RQ72+6R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1445620435
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
8014662
Wiki­data ID
Q2598492
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In Other Languages

From Aragonese to Turkish—“Ponta do Pargo” goes by many names.
  • Aragonese: “Ponta do Pargo”
  • Asturian: “Ponta do Pargo”
  • Catalan: “Ponta do Pargo”
  • Cebuano: “Ponta do Pargo”
  • Chechen: “Понта-ду-Паргу”
  • Chinese: “Ponta do Pargo”
  • Czech: “Ponta do Pargo”
  • Dutch: “Ponta do Pargo”
  • French: “Ponta do Pargo”
  • German: “Ponta do Pargo”
  • Kazakh: “Ponta-dw-Pargw”
  • Kazakh: “Понта-ду-Паргу”
  • Kazakh: “پونتا-دۋ-پارگۋ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Ponta do Pargo”
  • Portuguese: “Ponta do Pargo”
  • Russian: “Понта-ду-Паргу”
  • Spanish: “Ponta do Pargo”
  • Tatar: “Понта-ду-Паргу”
  • Turkish: “Ponta do Pargo”
  • Turkish: “Ponta Garça”
  • “Ponta do Pargo”

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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 Wikipedia page “Ponta do Pargo”. Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.