Key facts
- Country
- Portugal
- Auton region
- Madeira
- Island
- Madeira
- Established
- Settlement: fl. 1475, Municipality: 13 October 1835
- Total
- 82.93 km (32.02 sq mi)
- Density
- 32.69/km (84.67/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+00:00 ( WET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+01:00 ( WEST )
- Postal code
- 9270-053
- Patron
- Nossa Senhora da Conceição
- Local holiday
- 22 July
- Website
- http://www.portomoniz.pt
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Portugal
- Country
- Portugal
- Located in
- Madeira
- Contains
- Seixal
- Population
- 2711
- Area
- 82.93
- Shares border with
- São Vicente
- Official website
- www.portomoniz.pt
- Image
- Porto Moniz.jpg
- Dialing code
- 291
- Patron saint
- Mary
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- Commons category
- Porto Moniz
- topic's main category
- Category:Porto Moniz
- postal code
- 9270
- public holiday
- patronal festival
- P11012
- 10th Ground Attack Wing
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Encyclopedic overview
Porto Moniz ( Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpoɾtu muˈniʃ] ) is a municipality in the northwest corner of the island of Madeira. It is located west of Santana and Machico, and northwest of Funchal. The population in 2011 was 2,711, in an area of 82.93 km.
The municipality features a natural complex of lava pools that are popular with locals and tourists.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Porto Moniz” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.