Camacha
Sign in to saveCamacha () is a parish in the municipality of Santa Cruz, on the southeastern part of Madeira Island. It is situated in the mountainous interior of the island, 3 km north of Caniço, 7 km northeast of Funchal and 6 km west of Santa Cruz. The population in 2011 was 7,449, in an area of 19.77 km2.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Camacha is referenced by 23 other articles, and connects out to Portugal, time zone and geographic coordinate system.
The entry is geolocated on the map in adm1st_region, across 3 mapped points.
It is catalogued under the topic Freguesias of Santa Cruz, Madeira.
Its subject is documented across 19 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Portuguese subdivision.type
- parish
- Portuguese subdivision.official_name
- Camacha
- Portuguese subdivision.image_shield
- Camacha.jpg
- Portuguese subdivision.mapframe
- yes
- Portuguese subdivision.region
- Madeira
- Portuguese subdivision.municipality
- Santa Cruz
- Portuguese subdivision.area_total
- 19.77
- Portuguese subdivision.population_total
- 7449
- Portuguese subdivision.population_as_of
- 2011
- Portuguese subdivision.postal_code
- 9135
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- freguesia of Portugal
- Country
- Portugal
- Located in
- Santa Cruz
- Area
- 19.58
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- Commons category
- Camacha
- postal code
- 9135
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Encyclopedic overview
2 sectionsContents
- People from Camacha
- References
Camacha () is a parish in the municipality of Santa Cruz, on the southeastern part of Madeira Island. It is situated in the mountainous interior of the island, 3 km north of Caniço, 7 km northeast of Funchal and 6 km west of Santa Cruz. The population in 2011 was 7,449, in an area of 19.77 km2.
right|250px|thumb|Monument in Camacha, celebrating the first ever organized football game in Portugal The first organized game of football in Portugal took place in 1875 in Camacha, organized by the Madeira-born Harry Hinton. ==People from Camacha== Maria Augusta Nóbrega (1929–2007), Madeiran folklore specialist ==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Camacha” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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On the map
3 mapped locations