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Also known as Porto Moniz Municipality

municipality of Madeira, Portugal

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Vinony's link graph records 55 inbound references to Porto Moniz, and connects out to Porto Santo, Machico and Santana.

The entry is geolocated on the map.

It sits within the topics Madeira Island, Municipalities of Madeira and Towns in Portugal.

Vinony links it to 32 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Country
Portugal
Auton region
Madeira
Island
Madeira
Established
Settlement: fl. 1475, Municipality: 13 October 1835
Total
82.93 km (32.02 sq mi)
Density
32.69/km (84.67/sq mi)
Time zone
UTC+00:00 ( WET )
Summer dst
UTC+01:00 ( WEST )
Postal code
9270-053
Patron
Nossa Senhora da Conceição
Local holiday
22 July
Website
http://www.portomoniz.pt

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Wikidata facts

Country
Portugal
Located in
Madeira
Contains
Seixal
Population
2711
Area
82.93
Shares border with
São Vicente
Official website
www.portomoniz.pt
Image
Porto Moniz.jpg
Dialing code
291
Patron saint
Mary
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Commons category
Porto Moniz
topic's main category
Category:Porto Moniz
postal code
9270
public holiday
patronal festival
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Encyclopedic overview

Porto Moniz ( Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpoɾtu muˈniʃ] ) is a municipality in the northwest corner of the island of Madeira. It is located west of Santana and Machico, and northwest of Funchal. The population in 2011 was 2,711, in an area of 82.93 km.

The municipality features a natural complex of lava pools that are popular with locals and tourists.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Porto Moniz” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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