Caniço () is a
parish
A parish is a territorial entity in many Christianity, Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest#Christianity, priest, often termed a parish pries ...
in the municipality of
Santa Cruz in the
Madeira Islands
Madeira ( ; ), officially the Autonomous Region of Madeira (), is an autonomous region of Portugal. It is an archipelago situated in the North Atlantic Ocean, in the region of Macaronesia, just under north of the Canary Islands, Spain, wes ...
. It was elevated to city status in 2005. The population in 2011 was 23,368, in an area of 11.99 km
2. Caniço is connected to the
urban sprawl
Urban sprawl (also known as suburban sprawl or urban encroachment) is defined as "the spreading of urban developments (such as houses and shopping centers) on undeveloped land near a city". Urban sprawl has been described as the unrestricted ...
of
Funchal
Funchal () officially Funchal City (), is the capital, largest city and a Municipality (Portugal), municipality in Portugal's Madeira, Autonomous Region of Madeira, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean. The city has a population of 105,795, making it ...
and is larger than the seat of the municipality. It is located 6 km east of Funchal.
On 17 April 2019, a
tour bus crashed on a road near Caniço, killing 29 people.
See also
* The "
sacred heart
The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus () is one of the most widely practised and well-known Catholic devotions, wherein the heart of Jesus Christ is viewed as a symbol of "God's boundless and passionate love for mankind". This devotion to Christ is p ...
" statue in Caniço is by
Pierre Charles Lenoir
Pierre Lenoir (; 23 May 1879, in Paris – 9 September 1953, in Paris) was a French sculptor.
Biography
Pierre Lenoir was a French sculptor and medallist and was one of the Breton sculptors born in the 1880s who studied together at the École ...
References
Freguesias of Santa Cruz, Madeira
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