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Porto Santo Island

Porto Santo Island
Native name:
Ilha de Porto Santo
Nickname: The Golden Island
Geography
LocationAtlantic Ocean
Coordinates33°03′43.0″N 16°21′23.0″W / 33.061944°N 16.356389°W / 33.061944; -16.356389
ArchipelagoMadeira
Area42.17 km2 (16.28 sq mi)[1]
Highest elevation517 m (1696 ft)[2]
Highest pointPico do Facho
Administration
Autonomous RegionMadeira
Largest settlementVila Baleira
Demographics
DemonymPortossantense
PopulationDecrease 5,158 (2021)[3]
LanguagesPortuguese
Ethnic groupsPortuguese
Additional information
Time zone

Porto Santo Island (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpoɾtu ˈsɐ̃tu] ) is a Portuguese island 43 kilometres (27 mi) northeast of Madeira Island in the North Atlantic Ocean; it is the northernmost and easternmost island of the archipelago of Madeira, located in the Atlantic Ocean west of Europe and Africa.

The municipality of Porto Santo occupies the entire island and small neighbouring islands. It was elevated to city status on 6 August 1996. The sole parish of the municipality is also named Porto Santo. The population in 2011 was 5,483,[4] in an area of 42.59 km2.[5] The main settlement on the island is Vila Baleira.

  1. ^ "Porto Santo". Porto Santo Municipality. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  2. ^ "O Porto Santo". visitportosanto.pt. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  3. ^ "INE - Plataforma de divulgação dos Censos 2021 – Resultados Preliminares". censos.ine.pt. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  4. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  5. ^ Eurostat

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