Caniço 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 municipality of Santa Cruz in the Madeira Islands. It was elevated to city status in 2005. The population in 2001 is 11,586, its density is 965.5/km² and the area is 23 km². Caniço is connected with the urban sprawl of Funchal and like Calheta, Caniço is larger than the seat of the municipality. The city of Funchal is bordered to its west. It is located 6 km E of Funchal. Caniço is surrounded with two streams, a shorter one in the west and a long stream to the east. The main industry are agriculture with some businesses. It is connected with a road linking Funchal, Santa Cruz 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...

 and are divided into two, another road links north to Camacha

Camacha

Camacha is a parish 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...

 with two roads and another links to its beach.. The Atlantic Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...

 is to the south. The mountains are to the north. Forests dominate the northern portion while the rest of the land are made up of arable lands and a small portion are grasslands or barren lands. The escarpment which is 5 km long lies to the southwest and shares with the parish of Funchal. The point is the second southernmost point in the island.

Nearest parishes

• Camacha
  Camacha
  Camacha is a parish 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...
  
  , north
• 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
• 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...
  
  , west
• São Gonçalo
  São Gonçalo (Funchal)
  São Gonçalo is a civil parish in the municipality/suburb of Funchal in the archipelago of Madeira. Its population in 2001 was 7,232 residing in an area of approximately 7.06 km², along the southern coast of the island of Madeira...
  
  , southwest

Geography

• Location:
  • Latitude: 32.633 (32°38') N
  • Longitude: 16.85 (16°51') W
• Altitude:
  • Lowest: Atlantic Ocean
  • Centre: about 270 m
  • Highest: about 500 m

Caniço has a school, a lyceum, a gymnasium, a church and a square (praça).