Caniço is a parish in the district of ( Portuguese meaning Holy Cross) is a parish in the eastern part of Madeira. Much of the parish are mountainous and hilly while farmlands cover the remainder of the land including a couple of cherry fields. Santa Cruz is linked with Madeiras only superhighway. It is the third largest major... Santa Cruz in the For other uses of the word, see Madeira (disambiguation) Madeira Islands location. Map of Madeira (navigational) The Madeira Islands is a Portuguese archipelago in the north Atlantic Ocean that lies between the parallels of 32º 22 20 and 33º 7 50 and in a longitude between the 16º 16 30... Madeira Islands. The population in 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. By strict interpretation of the Gregorian Calendar, 2001 is also the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millenium. Popular culture, however, often views the year 2000 as holding this distinction. 2001 is also the year... 2001 is 11,586, its density is 965.5/km² and the area is 12 km²/1,200 ha. Caniço is connected with the urban sprawl of Funchal and like Calheta, Caniço is one of the two parishes that are larger than the seat of the municipality. The city of Funchal is bordered to its west. It is located 6 km E of Funchal. Caniço is surrounded with two streams, a shorter one in the west and a long stream to the east. The main industry are agriculture with some businesses. It is connected with a road linking Funchal, Santa Cruz and Machico is a town located in the northeastern part of the Madeira Islands. The town was founded in 1451. Machico is the easternmost municipality on the island by a cape. It is located 17 km NE of Funchal, NW of the Savage Islands, 20 km SE of Santana and WSW... Machico and are divided into two, another road links north to Camacha is a parish in the district of Santa Cruz in the Madeira Islands. The population in 2001 is 7,991, its density is 408.1/km² and the area is 19.58 km²/1,958 ha. It is located about 6.5 km NE of Funchal, 12... Camacha with two roads and another links to its beach.. The Atlantic Ocean - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes.css; @import /skins/monobook/IE55Fixes.css; @import /skins/monobook/IE60Fixes.css; /**/ Atlantic Ocean From Wikipedia The Atlantic Ocean is Earths second-largest ocean, covering approximately one-fifth of its surface. The oceans name, derived from Greek mythology, means the Sea of... Atlantic Ocean is to the south. The mountains are to the north. Forests dominate the northern portion while the rest of the land are made up of arable lands and a small portion are grasslands or barren lands. The escarpment which is 5 km long lies to the southwest and shares with the parish of Funchal. The point is the second southernmost point in the island.

Nearest parishes

• Camacha is a parish in the district of Santa Cruz in the Madeira Islands. The population in 2001 is 7,991, its density is 408.1/km² and the area is 19.58 km²/1,958 ha. It is located about 6.5 km NE of Funchal, 12... Camacha, north
• Gaula, east
• Santa Maria Maior ( Portuguese meaning Saint Mary) is a parish in the eastern part of the district and a suburb of Funchal in the Madeira Islands. The population in 2001 is 13,970, its density is 2,862.7/km² and the area is 4.88 km²/488... Santa Maria Maior, west
• São Gonçalo is a parish in the district of and a suburb of Funchal in the Madeira Islands. The population in 2001 is 7,232, its density is 1,021.5/km² and the area is 7.08 km²/708 ha. It is located... São Gonçalo, southwest

Geography

• Location:
  • Latitude: 32.633 (32°38') N
  • Longitude: 16.85 (16°51') W
• Altitude:
  • Lowest: Atlantic Ocean
  • Centre: about 270 m
  • Highest: about 500 m

Caniço has a school, a lyceum, a gymnasia, a church and a square ( The tone of this article is inappropriate for an encyclopedia article. If you can fix it, please remove this notice after doing so. The Portuguese equivalent for City Square. Categories: Wikipedia articles needing style editing | Portugal-related stubs ... praça).

External links

• Map and aerial photos
  • Street map from Mapquest (http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=32.633&longitude=-16.85&zoom=6). MapPoint (http://maps.msn.com/map.aspx?&lats1=32.633&lons1=-16.85&alts1=35) or Google  (http://maps.google.com/maps?||=32.633,-16.85)
  • Aerial photograph from Microsoft Terraserver (http://terraserver.microsoft.com/map.aspx?t=1&s=14&lon=-16.85&lat=32.633&w=750&h=500) or Google (http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=32.633,-16.85&spn=0.11,0.18&t=k)
• Coordinates: 32° 38′ 0″ N 16° 51′ 0″ W (http://kvaleberg.com/extensions/mapsources/index.php?params=32_38_0_N_16_51_0_W_)