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Vila Baleira

Coordinates: 33°04′00.0″N 16°20′00.0″W / 33.066667°N 16.333333°W / 33.066667; -16.333333
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Vila Baleira
Location of Vila Baleira
Location of Vila Baleira
Vila Baleira is located in Madeira
Vila Baleira
Vila Baleira
Vila Baleira is located in Atlantic Ocean
Vila Baleira
Vila Baleira
Coordinates: 33°04′00.0″N 16°20′00.0″W / 33.066667°N 16.333333°W / 33.066667; -16.333333
Area
 • Total40 km2 (20 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total5,483

Vila Baleira is the only city and the capital of Porto Santo Island, Madeira, Portugal. It was made a city on 7 August 1996.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ "History of Porto Santo". Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  2. ^ Vila Baleira at GEOnet Names Server

Trivia

Christopher Columbus is thought to have married his wife and Portuguese Nobelwoman Filipa Moniz Perestrelo here, in 1479.

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