Canhas

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Canhas

Total population

3,769

Land area16.66 km²

Coordinates32.70°, -17.12°

Demographic figures from INE Portugal. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Canhas is a civil parish in the municipality of Ponta do Sol in the Portuguese archipelago of Madeira. Extending into the interior from the coast, the parish has an area of 16.66 km2. It has a population of 3,769 (2011).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

José Vicente de Freitas

Portuguese general and politician (1869-1952)

Manuel Álvares

Jesuit educator in Portugal

M

Marina Rodrigues

A

Augusto da Silva Branco Camacho

Portuguese lawyer (1907-1991)

Francisco Correia de Herédia

Portuguese politician (1852-1918)

F

Francisco Vieira

Portuguese politician and physician

J

João Bárbara Vieira Pita

Portuguese physician

J

Juvenal Garcês

Portuguese director

M

Manuel Pestana Reis

Portuguese poet (1894-1966)

Mateus de Abreu Pereira

Brazilian catholic bishop and politician

Á

Álvaro Rodrigues da Silva Tavares

Portuguese judge

M

Marco Gomes Rodrigues

Portuguese footballer

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Nadia Almada

British television star

Diogo Alexis Rodrigues Coelho

Portuguese footballer

Manuel António Correia

Portuguese politician

C

Carlos Leonel Gois Fernandes

Macau footballer

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Madeira

• Achada e Levada do Poiso
  0.6 mi away
• Madalena do Mar
  1 mi away · pop. 516
• Ponta do Sol
  1.3 mi away
• Lombada
  1.6 mi away
• Lugar de Baixo
  2 mi away · pop. 336
• Arco da Calheta
  2.1 mi away · pop. 3,241
• Tabua
  2.6 mi away · pop. 1,156
• Loreto
  2.8 mi away
• Ribeira Brava
  3.6 mi away
• Pomar da Rocha
  3.8 mi away
• Calheta
  3.9 mi away
• Furnas
  4.2 mi away

Browse all places in Madeira →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

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