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Ponta do Sol (; en, "Cape of the Sun") is a municipality in the southwestern coast of the island of Eurostat
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Ponta do Sol is located between Ribeira-Brava and Calheta, on the southwest coast of Madeira, linked to
Madeira
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, in the archipelago of Madeira. The population in 2011 was 8,862, in an area of ./ref>
History
The settlement of Ponta do Sol began shortly after the discovery of the island of Madeira, around 1420.Geography
Ponta do Sol is located between Ribeira-Brava and Calheta, on the southwest coast of Madeira, linked to Funchal
Funchal () is the largest city, the municipal seat and the capital of Portugal's Autonomous Region of Madeira, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean. The city has a population of 105,795, making it the sixth largest city in Portugal. Because of its hig ...
(the capital) and surrounding communities by the main regional road.
The municipality is crossed by a few pedestrian hiking trails, that usually follow the ''levadas'' ( en, aqueducts) carrying water from the mountains.
Human geography
Administratively, the municipal government is located in the civil parish (''freguesia
''Freguesia'' (), usually translated as "parish" or "civil parish", is the third-level administrative subdivision of Portugal, as defined by the 1976 Constitution. It is also the designation for local government jurisdictions in the former Por ...
'') of Ponta do Sol, while local government is handled through the three civil parishes:
* Canhas
Canhas is a civil parish in the municipality of Ponta do Sol in the Portuguese archipelago of Madeira
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* Madalena do Mar
Madalena do Mar is a civil parish in the municipality of Ponta do Sol in the Portuguese archipelago of Madeira. The population in 2011 was 516, in an area of 2.07 km².Photos of Ponta do Sol
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