Estreito da Calheta
Estreito da Calheta is a civil parish in the municipality of Calheta in the Portuguese island of Madeira. The population in 2011 was 1,607, in an area of 14.32 km2.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Quinta Pedagógica dos Prazeres and Praia da Calheta.
Quinta Pedagógica dos Prazeres
Zoo
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Quinta Pedagógica dos Prazeres is a zoo.
Praia da Calheta
Beach
Praia da Calheta is a beach located near the town Calheta, on the island of Madeira, Portugal. It is one of the few sandy beaches of Madeira, with sand imported from North Africa.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Calheta and Prazeres.
Calheta
Town
Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Calheta is on the southwest coast of Madeira. Whilst in Calheta town consider visiting the historic, picturesque fishing villages of Paul do Mar and Jardim do Mar which were venues in 2001 for the World Surfing Championships.
Prazeres
Village
Prazeres is a civil parish in the municipality of Calheta in the Portuguese archipelago of Madeira. The population in 2011 was 704, in an area of 10.03 km2.
Arco da Calheta
Village
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Arco da Calheta is a civil parish in the municipality of Calheta in the Portuguese island of Madeira. The population in 2021 was 2,999, in an area of 14.70 km². Arco da Calheta is the largest parish in Calheta in population. Arco da Calheta is situated 4½ km southeast of Estreito da Calheta.
Estreito da Calheta
- Type: Village with 1,630 residents
- Description: civil parish in Calheta (Madeira)
- Categories: freguesia of Portugal and locality
- Location: Calheta Municipality, Madeira, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
32.7367° or 32° 44′ 12″ northLongitude
-17.1878° or 17° 11′ 16″ westPopulation
1,630Elevation
449 metres (1,473 feet)Open location code
8C44PRP6+MVOpenStreetMap ID
node 1342148432OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
8014703Wikidata ID
Q2995846
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In Other Languages
From Aragonese to Turkish—“Estreito da Calheta” goes by many names.
- Aragonese: “Estreito da Calheta”
- Asturian: “Estreito da Calheta”
- Cebuano: “Estreito da Calheta”
- Chechen: “Эштрейту-да-Кальета”
- Chinese: “Estreito da Calheta”
- Chinese: “卡列塔”
- Dutch: “Estreito da Calheta”
- French: “Estreito da Calheta”
- German: “Estreito da Calheta”
- Kazakh: “Éştreýtw-da-Kalʹyeta”
- Kazakh: “Эштрейту-да-Кальета”
- Kazakh: “ەشترەيتۋ-دا-كاليەتا”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Estreito da Calheta”
- Portuguese: “Estreito da Calheta”
- Russian: “Эштрейту-да-Кальета”
- Spanish: “Estreito da Calheta”
- Tatar: “Эштрейту-да-Кальета”
- Turkish: “Estreito da Calheta”
- “Estreito da Calheta”
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Notable Places Nearby
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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 “Estreito da Calheta”. Photo: Hans-Jürgen Becker, CC BY-SA 2.0.