Caniçal is a civil parish in the municipality of Machico in the Portuguese island of Madeira. The population in 2011 was 3,924, in an area of 11.85 km2. Equidistant from Funchal and Santana (20 km), the community is connected to these centres by the Regional 109 roadway. Caniçal is now the principal cargo port in Madeira. Living in this parish is a 109 year old man as of March 7, 2021.
The central part of the urbanized portion of the parish of Caniçal, with the Ponta de São Lourenço in the distance
View from the air
Islets in rough seas on the north coast of Ponta de São Lourenço
The arm of Ponta de São Lourenço along the northern coast of Caniçal
Machico is a municipality, parish and city in the southeast 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 with a population of 21,828 in 2011. The town, proper, had a population of 10,894 in 2001.
The town of Machico in the shadow of the International Airport in Santa Cruz
A commemorative plaque marking the place where the first explorers disembarked on Madeira
A hub of eastern traffic, Machico is cris-crossed by high-capacity freeways connecting it to settlements in the west
The valley of Machico extending into the foothills, is a concentrated mass of residential and commercial uses
