File:Bahía_de_Cámara_de_Lobos,_Madeira,_Portugal,_2019-05-29,_DD_50.jpg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons
Câmara de Lobos
Sign in to saveAlso known as Camara de Lobos, Câmara de Lobos Municipality
municipality in Madeira, Portugal
Key facts
- Country
- Portugal
- Auton region
- Madeira
- Island
- Madeira
- Established
- Settlement: c. 1419, Municipality: 4 October 1835, Town: 3 August 1996
- President
- Pedro Coelho
- Total
- 52.14 km (20.13 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 1,044 m (3,425 ft)
- Density
- 684.0/km (1,772/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+00:00 ( WET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+01:00 ( WEST )
- Postal code
- 9304-001
- Patron
- São Sebastião
- Local holiday
- 04 October
- Website
- www.cm-camaradelobos.pt
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Home - Portal Municipal de Câmara de Lobos
Governação Municipal - Com as Pessoas!
cm-camaradelobos.pt →Link to the official site · 40,000 chars · not written by Vinony
~7 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Panoramic view of the municipality Câmara de Lobos ( European Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈkɐmɐɾɐ ðɨ ˈloβuʃ] ; lit. 'Chamber of Wolves' or 'Wolves' Chamber') is a municipality and town in the southern coast of the Portuguese island of Madeira, divided in 5 freguesias. A de facto suburb of the much larger capital city of Funchal, it is one of the larger population centres and an extension of the Funchal economy.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Câmara de Lobos” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.