- Municipality 25 June 1515 - summer (DST) WEST (UTC+1) Area 81.52 km² Number of airports 1 | - City 2 August 1996 Elevation 32 m Local time Tuesday 11:25 PM | |
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- location Praça Dr. João Abel de Freitas Weather 16°C, Wind NE at 24 km/h, 76% Humidity | ||
Landing at madeira airport santa cruz madeira portugal 26th june 2016
Santa Cruz ([ˈsɐ̃tɐ ˈkɾuʃ], "Holy Cross") is a municipality, a parish and a city in the eastern part of the island of Madeira. It is the second most populous municipality, behind Funchal. The population in 2011 was 43,005, in an area of 81.50 km².
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- Landing at madeira airport santa cruz madeira portugal 26th june 2016
- Map of Santa Cruz Portugal
- History
- Geography
- Economy
- References
Map of Santa Cruz, Portugal
History
"...passing a turn in the land, they entered a cover in the beach, in which they saw a deliteful valley covered in the trees in order, where they found on land a few older fallen columns, from whom the captain ordered the construction a cross, which they raised to the heights of a tree, giving the place the name of Santa Cruz, where later that founded the noble village."
To commemorate the construction of this cross, a second cross was raised, of marble, but was later destroyed, around 1889.
Geography
It is located southeast of Santana, southwest of Machico and northeast of the regional capital (Funchal); it is linked by an expressway to Funchal and Machico, as well as an ancillary road linking it to Santana. Urban sprawl from Funchal extends along Santa Cruz's western frontier, while the eastern part of municipality is the base for Madeira's international airport.
Five parishes comprise the municipality of Santa Cruz:
Economy
Agriculture and fishing are still considered the primary industries in this region, although widespread expansion of tourism in the south, and the development of the international airport has increased the number of commercial and tourist-related activities (primarily in the city of Santa Cruz).