Porto Santo
Sign in to saveAlso known as Porto Santo Island Municipality, Porto Santo municipality
municipality in Madeira, Portugal
Key facts
- Location
- Atlantic Ocean
- Archipelago
- Madeira
- Area
- 42.17 km (16.28 sq mi)
- Highest elevation
- 517 m (1696 ft)
- Highest point
- Pico do Facho
- Autonomous region
- Madeira
- Municipality
- Porto Santo
- Freguesia
- Porto Santo
- Largest settlement
- Vila Baleira
- Demonym
- Portossantense
- Population
- 5,158 (2021)
- Languages
- Portuguese
- Ethnic groups
- Portuguese
- Time zone
- WET ( UTC±00:00 )
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Porto Santo Island ( Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpoɾtu ˈsɐ̃tu] ; Portuguese: Ilha do Porto Santo) is a Portuguese island and municipality 43 kilometres (23 nautical miles) northeast of Madeira Island in the North Atlantic Ocean; it is the northernmost and easternmost island of the archipelago of Madeira, located in the Atlantic Ocean west of Europe and Africa. The municipality of Porto Santo occupies the entire island and small neighbouring islands. It was elevated to city status on 6 August 1996. The sole parish of the municipality is also named Porto Santo. The population in 2011 was 5,483, in an area of 42.59 km. The main settlement on the island is Vila Baleira.
Flag of the Municipality
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Porto Santo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.