Santo António da Serra (Santa Cruz)
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Region:	Madeira Islands
District:	Santa Cruz
Population:	982 (2001)
Area:	14.25 km²
Density	66,5/km²
Altitude:	Highest: about 667 m (center)
Number of places:	7

Santo António da Serra (Portuguese

Portuguese language

Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...

 for "Saint Anthony" and "mountain range") 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

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 ENE 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:...

. The main industry are agriculture. It's connected with a road to Machico, to Funchal and to Santana (Via Poiso). The mountains encircle Santo António da Serra. The main center of the parish has a mark, that separates the parois between the two districts. Santo António da Serra (Machico)

Santo António da Serra (Machico)

Santo António da Serra is a civil parish in the interior of the municipality of Machico, on the island of Madeira. The parish, not to be confused with another Santo António das Serra, in the neighbouring municipality of Santa Cruz, had a population of 1355 within an area of 8.62 km²...

 is located northwest of this Santo António da Serra.

General information

Santo António da Serra (Santa Cruz) has a primary school, a market, a church, a hotel and a main square (praça). Surrounding the center there are many commercial buildings and during the weekends there's an intense traffic due to the popularity of the parish and it's commercial features. One big feature of this village is a golf course, very popular in the entire country and with several events in an international level.

Nearest parishes

• Santo António da Serra (Machico), north
• Santa Cruz, east and southeast
• 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...
  
  , south
• Porto da Cruz
  Porto da Cruz
  Porto da Cruz is a civil parish in the municipality of Machico in the northeastern corner of Madeira. In 2001 the resident population included 2793 people, dispersed throughout an area of 25.22 km² .-History:The origin of the communities name came from the fact that the original discoverer...
  
  , west

Geography

• Location:
  • Latitude: 32.71667 (32°43') N
  • Longitude: 16.81667 (16°49') W
• Altitude
  • Lowest: about 100 m (valley)
  • Centre: 678 m (2,227 m)
  • Highest: mountains (west)

Places

The parish of Santo António da Serra (Santa Cruz) has a few places (Portuguese: "sítios"):

• João Ferino
• Pereira
• Madre d'Água
• Curral Velho
• Ribeira de João Gonçalves
• Achada do Barro
• Fajã da Ovelha
• Serrado das Amexieiras