São Martinho (Portuguese meaning Saint Martin) is a parish in the western part of the city of and a suburb of Funchal in the Madeira Islands. The population in 2001 is 20,636, its density is 2,560.3/km² and the area is 8.06 km²/806 ha. The parish covers the western portion of the downtown area of Funchal. It is located about 3 to 4 km W of Funchal and nearly 3 km E of Câmara de Lobos. The main industry are business. It is connected with a secondary road linking Funchal and Estreito de Câmara de Lobos and north to Curral das Freiras along with the northern suburbs of Funchal. The Atlantic Ocean is to the south including the main highway. The mountain slope lies to the north and a small mountaintop about 1 km SE elevating 262 m. The eastern part has the overview of the panorama of most of Funchal and the environs and the mountains to the eastern part and Câmara de Lobos and the environs including Cabo Girão to the west. The parish of Câmara de Lobos is bounded to the west. St. ... Funchal, population approx. ... For other uses of the word, see Madeira (disambiguation) Madeira Islands location. ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Câmara de Lobos (Portuguese meaning chamber of the wolves) is a parish in the west-central part of Madeira. ...

Farmlands used to dominate most of the parish until suburban housing came in the mid-20th century. Agrigulture used to dominate the area. Much of the land are urbanized while the empty portions of the land are sporadically near the parish and the small mountaintop. (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the...

Nearest parishes

• Câmara de Lobos, west
• Estreito de Câmara de Lobos, northwest
• Funchal, east

Geography

• Location:
  • Latitude: 32.633 (32°38') N
  • Longitude: 16.95 (16°57') W
• Altitude:
  • Lowest: Atlantic Ocean
  • Centre: about 240 m

São Martinho has a school, a lyceum, a gymnasia, a church and a square (praça).

External links

• Map and aerial photos
  • Street map from Mapquest (http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=32.633&longitude=-16.95&zoom=6). MapPoint (http://maps.msn.com/map.aspx?&lats1=32.633&lons1=-16.95&alts1=35) or Google (http://maps.google.com/maps?||=32.633,-16.95)
  • Aerial photograph from Microsoft Terraserver (http://terraserver.microsoft.com/map.aspx?t=1&s=14&lon=-16.95&lat=32.633&w=750&h=500) or Google (http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=32.633,-16.95&spn=0.11,0.18&t=k)
• Coordinates: 32° 38′ 0″ N 16° 57′ 0″ E (http://kvaleberg.com/extensions/mapsources/index.php?params=32_38_0_N_16_57_0_E_)