Ribeira Brava (; ) is a municipality on the island of

Madeira Madeira ( ; ), officially the Autonomous Region of Madeira (), is an autonomous Regions of Portugal, autonomous region of Portugal. It is an archipelago situated in the North Atlantic Ocean, in the region of Macaronesia, just under north of ...

, in the Portuguese Autonomous Region of Madeira. It is located along the southern coast (approximately centre), and is west of

Câmara de Lobos Câmara de Lobos (; or 'Wolves' Chamber') is a municipality and town in the southern coast of the Portuguese island of Madeira, divided in 5 freguesias. A de facto suburb of the much larger capital city of Funchal, it is one of the larger pop ...

and the regional capital

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 ...

, south of São Vicente, and east of

Ponta do Sol Ponta do Sol (; ) is a municipality in the southwestern coast of the island of Madeira, in the archipelago of Madeira. The population in 2011 was 8,862, in an area of . History The settlement of Ponta do Sol began shortly after the discovery of t ...

. The population in 2011 was 13,375, in an area of 65.41 km². The municipality gained its name due to its river, which translates as "angry river". In rainy seasons, the river had an extremely strong and powerful current, that often wreaked havoc over the entire eight kilometres of the route.

Geography

The municipality's namesake, the ''Ribeira Brava'' ravine and river valley extends from the slopes of the west-central mountains of Madeira. Its waters provide the primary sources of drinking-water (a small reservoir collects surface run-off) to the area and electricity to the island of Madeira. Approximately ten tributaries feed this river, whose course ends in the Serra de Água and which much later empties into the Atlantic along the village's coast. The primary urban agglomerations are the five civil parishes, constituted with their own local government. They include: * Campanário * Ribeira Brava * Serra de Água *

Tabua A tabua () is a polished tooth of a sperm whale that is an important cultural item in Fijian society. They were traditionally given as gifts for atonement or esteem (called ''sevusevu''), and were important in negotiations between rival chiefs. ...

Buildings and structures

The

Centro Desportivo da Madeira Centro Desportivo da Madeira is a multi-use stadium in Ribeira Brava, Madeira, Portugal. It is used mostly for football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball t ...

stadium is located in the municipality. Centro Desportivo da Madeira

Notable people

Nadia Almada Nádia Conceição Almada (born 28 January 1977) is a Portuguese-born English television personality. She won the fifth series of '' Big Brother''. Career ''Big Brother'' Almada competed in the fifth series of '' Big Brother'' in 2004; ...

(born 1977 in Ribeira Brava) a transgender British TV personality; won the fifth series of Big Brother. Nadia Almada, IMDb Database
retrieved 20 July 2021. * Marquinho (born 1989 in Ribeira Brava) a footballer with over 250 club caps

Gallery

File:Ribeira Brava (Miradouro de São Sebastião) 01.jpg, Ribeira Brava, from São Sebastião viewpoint File:Ribeira Brava (Miradouro de São Sebastião) 02.jpg, Ribeira Brava, from São Sebastião viewpoint File:Ribeira Brava (Miradouro de São Sebastião) 03.jpg, Beach, seen from São Sebastião viewpoint File:Ribeira Brava and Campanario (from Miradouro de São Sebastião) 2.jpg, Ribeira Brava, from São Sebastião viewpoint, looking east File:Madeira Tabua.JPG, The village of Tabua over one of the tributaries of the Ribeira Brava ravine File:The Ribeira Brava living up to its name (Angry River) following heavy rain, Ribeira Brava, Maderia, Portugal.jpg, The Ribeira Brava river, living up to its name, Angry river File:Ribeira Brava, Madeira, Portugal - January 2024 18.jpg File:2016. Igrexa de San Bieito. Século XV. Ribeira Brava. Madeira. Portugal 2.jpg, São Bento church File:Igreja Ribeira Brava - Detalhe.jpg, São Bento church's clock File:Interior da Igreja da Ribeira Brava - Porta - Janeiro 2024.jpg, Interior of Ribeira Brava's church File:Ribeira Brava to Tabua, January 2024 1.jpg, Road between Ribeira Brava and Tabua File:Ribeira Brava, Madeira, Portugal - January 2024 07.jpg, Beach File:Ribeira Brava, Madeira, Portugal - January 2024 06.jpg, Road in the centre of the town, with Christmas lights File:Ribeira Brava, Madeira, Portugal - January 2024 04.jpg, Christmas lights, seen from Ribeira Brava's lighthouse File:Farol da Ribeira Brava 1.jpg, Breakwater File:Farol da Ribeira Brava 2.jpg, Light house at night File:Centro Desportivo da Madeira, Campo Principal, Janeiro 2024.jpg, Centro Desportivo da Madeira

References

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