Caniço

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Caniço

Total population

20,163

Land area12 km²

Coordinates32.65°, -16.84°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

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. Caniço is connected to the urban sprawl of Funchal and is larger than the seat of the municipality. It is located 6 km east of Funchal.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

F

Francisco de Paula Medina e Vasconcelos

Portuguese poet and notary

É

Élia Pimenta

Portuguese artist

M

Muriel Ribeiro

hotelier in Madeira

G

Guiomar Madalena de Sá e Vilhena

Portuguese noblewomen and businessperson

Nini Andrade

Portuguese interior designer

Manuela Aranha

Portuguese sculptor

C

Cecília Berta Pereira

Portuguese teacher

Maria de Menezes

Portuguese writer

Virginia Brites of the Passion

Catholic mystic (1860-1929), nun of the Order of Saint Clare and messenger of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

P

Paquete de Oliveira

Portuguese journalist

L

Luís Augusto de Sousa Rodrigues

Portuguese politician (1883-1972)

I

Irene Lucília

Portuguese writer

F

Frederico de Freitas

Portuguese lawyer

M

Maria Teresa Rebolo

R

Rubina Leal

Portuguese politician

J

Joao Carlos Nunes Abreu

Portuguese politician

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

Nearby places in Madeira

• Camacha
  1.9 mi away · pop. 7,991
• Santa Cruz
  3.8 mi away · pop. 6,952
• Funchal
  3.9 mi away · pop. 111,541
• Santo António da Serra
  5.1 mi away · pop. 1,355
• Água de Pena
  5.5 mi away · pop. 1,759
• Maroços
  6.4 mi away
• Machico
  6.5 mi away · pop. 11,505
• Ribeiro Frio
  6.6 mi away
• Ribeira Seca
  6.9 mi away
• Câmara de Lobos
  7.8 mi away · pop. 15,227
• Fajã das Murtas
  7.9 mi away
• Fajã das Galinhas
  7.9 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.

Books about Caniço

A Cana Rachada e o Pavio Fumegante

2016

Leveza, Beleza e Sensibilidade

2015

Mensagens Curtas 5

2016

Evangelho de João

2015

Mateus

2015

Search results from Open Library.

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