For the settlement in the northeastern portion of Porto Santo Island

Porto Santo Island

Porto Santo Island is a Portuguese island northeast of Madeira Island in the North Atlantic Ocean; it is the northernmost and easternmost island of the archipelago of Madeira, located in the Atlantic Ocean west of Europe and Africa.- History :...

, see Camacha (Porto Santo).

Camacha (kɐˈmaʃɐ) is a parish

Freguesia

Freguesia is the Portuguese term for a secondary local administrative unit in Portugal and some of its former colonies, and a former secondary local administrative unit in Macau, roughly equivalent to an administrative parish. A freguesia is a subdivision of a concelho, the Portuguese synonym term...

 in the district of Santa Cruz in the Madeira Islands. It is about 6.5 km northeast of Funchal, 12 km south of Porto da Cruz and 7.5 km southwest of Santo António da Serra. The population in 2001 was 7,991, its density 408.1/km² and the area is 19.58 km².

The parish of Funchal

Funchal

Funchal is the largest city, the municipal seat and the capital of Portugal's Autonomous Region of Madeira. The city has a population of 112,015 and has been the capital of Madeira for more than five centuries.-Etymology:...

 is bordered to the west and Machico

Machico

Machico is a city and municipality in the northeastern part of the island of Madeira, in the Autonomous Region of Madeira. The easternmost municipality on the island, it is also the third most populous area; its population was 21,747...

 to the north.
Camacha has a stream located less than 1 km NE. The main industry is agriculture with a few businesses. Camacha is also home to a thriving and internationally famous wicker-basket industry. It is connected with a road linking Funchal

Funchal

Funchal is the largest city, the municipal seat and the capital of Portugal's Autonomous Region of Madeira. The city has a population of 112,015 and has been the capital of Madeira for more than five centuries.-Etymology:...

 and two parts of Santo António da Serra

Santo António da Serra (Santa Cruz)

Santo António da Serra is a parish in the district of Santa Cruz in the Madeira Islands. The population in 2001 is 982, its density is 66,5/km² and the area is 14.77 km²/1,477 ha. It is located W of Machico and ENE of Funchal. The main industry are agriculture...

. The parish are surrounded by laurisilva

Laurisilva

Laurisilva or laurissilva is a subtropical forest, found in areas with high humidity and relatively stable and mild temperatures. They are characterised by evergreen, glossy-leaved tree species that look alike with leaves of lauroide type...

forests while farmlands are to the south and grasslands are to the northwest.
The first organised game of football in Portugal took place in 1875 in Camacha, organised by the Madeira born Harry Hinton.

Nearest parishes

• Santo António da Serra
  Santo António da Serra (Santa Cruz)
  Santo António da Serra is a parish in the district of Santa Cruz in the Madeira Islands. The population in 2001 is 982, its density is 66,5/km² and the area is 14.77 km²/1,477 ha. It is located W of Machico and ENE of Funchal. The main industry are agriculture...
  
  , northeast
• Santa Cruz
  Santa Cruz, Madeira
  Santa Cruz is a municipality, a parish and a city in the eastern part of the island of Madeira. Much of the municipality is mountainous and apart from residential areas, farmlands and orchards cover the remainder of the land...
  
  , northeast
• Gaula
  Gaula (Madeira)
  Gaula is a Portuguese freguesia in the concelho of Santa Cruz in the Madeira Islands.-History:Gaula has been inhabited since the 15th century and its first settlers were northern Portuguese, northern Italians, French and Scottish.Gaula was granted the rank of freguesia in 1558 and its name may...
  
  , east
• Caniço, southeast
• Santa Maria Maior
  Santa Maria Maior (Funchal)
  Santa Maria Maior is a civil parish in the eastern part of the municipality and a suburb of Funchal on the island of Madeira...
  
  , southwest
• Monte
  Monte (Funchal)
  Monte is a civil parish in the municipality and a suburb of Funchal in the Portuguese archipelago of Madeira. Locally, the parish is also known as Nossa Senhora do Monte . Its population in 2001 was just over 7,444 inhabitants living in an area of approximately 18.59 km²...
  
  , west and northwest

Geography

• Location:
  • Latitude: 32°40' N
  • Longitude: 16°50'20" W
• Altitude:
  • Lowest: about 350 m (valley)
  • Centre: around 700 m

Camacha has 4 Primary schools, a Middle school, a gymnasium, a church and a square (praça).