Santa Maria Maior ( Portuguese (português) is a Romance language predominantly spoken in Portugal, Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde, and East Timor. Many linguists consider that Galician (galego), the native language of Galicia, is actually a variety of Portuguese, that has been strongly influenced by Spanish. With more than 200 million native... Portuguese meaning Gabriel delivering the Annunciation to Mary. Painting by El Greco (1575) In Christianity and Islam, Mary (Judæo-Aramaic מרים Maryām Bitter; Septuagint Greek Μαριαμ, Mariam, Μαρια, Maria; Arabic: Maryem, مريم) is the... Saint Mary) is a parish in the eastern part of the district and a suburb of View of Funchal Funchal, population approx. 110,000 (1991), is the capital of the Madeira Islands of Portugal. It was founded by João Gonçalves Zarco in 1421 and was elevated to city by King Manuel I in 1508. In the 16th century Funchal was important as a stopping... Funchal 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 13,970, its density is 2,862.7/km² and the area is 4.88 km²/488 ha. It is located about 3 km east of downtown Funchal, about 4.5 km SW of Camacha and 3 km W of Caniço. The main industry are businesses. It is connected with a road linking Funchal 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. The road linking to Porto da Cruz is to the north. 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 northeast. The forests are to the northeast and partly in the western part. The area used to be covered with farmlands to the western and the central part. As urban housing came in the mid- (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... 20th century, it replaced most of the area. The municipality 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 lies to the east with the parish of Caniço. The embankment which elevates at about 260 m lies to the east.

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, northeast
• Caniço?, east
• São Gonçalo

Geography

• Location:
  • Latitude: 32.633 (32°38') N
  • Longitude: 16.8833 (16°50') W
• Altitude:
  • Lowest and Centre: Atlantic Ocean
  • Highest: about 100 m

Santa Maria Maior 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=-16.8833&zoom=6). MapPoint (http://maps.msn.com/map.aspx?&lats1=32.633&lons1=-16.8833&alts1=35) or Google  (http://maps.google.com/maps?||=32.633,-16.8833)
  • Aerial photograph from Microsoft Terraserver (http://terraserver.microsoft.com/map.aspx?t=1&s=14&lon=-16.8833&lat=32.633&w=750&h=500)
• Coordinates: 32° 38′ 0″ N 16° 50′ 0″ W (http://kvaleberg.com/extensions/mapsources/index.php?params=32_38_0_N_16_50_0_W_)