Faial

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Faial

Total population

1,567

Land area22.6 km²

Coordinates32.79°, -16.85°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Faial is a civil parish in the Madeiran municipality of Santana located along the northern coast of the island of Madeira. The population in 2011 was 1,567, in an area of 24.03 km².

Geography

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

Notable people from here

José Ornelas Carvalho

Portuguese catholic bishop

Teodósio de Gouveia

Portuguese cardinal (1889–1962)

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Leonel Pontes

Portuguese football manager

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João Catanho de Menezes

Portuguese lawyer

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Ivo Nelson de Caires Batista Rosa

Portuguese magistrate

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Luís Miguel Silva Mendonça

footballer

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José Aveiro

Cristiano Ronaldo's great grandfather

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Albino de Menezes

Portuguese author

Jorge Carvalho

Portuguese politician

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Tânia Freitas

Portuguese politician

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Fátima Spínola

Portuguese painter and plastic artist

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Francisco Gouveia

Portuguese athlete with Down Syndrome

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António Ribeiro Marques da Silva

Portuguese politician

Gil Rosa

journalist of Portugal

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

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 Faial

Search results from Open Library.

Official Identifiers