Funchal
Funchal
| Part of | Sites of Globalization  |
|---|---|
| Piiluu | 1451 |
| Official name | Município do Funchal |
| Native label | Funchal |
| Short name | FUN, FX, Fx, FN |
| Paaloŋ | Portugal |
| Capital of | Madeira, Governo-Geral da Madeira, Adjacent Islands of Madeira and Porto Santo, Madeira, Madeira Island |
| Kapital/teŋkpoŋ | Funchal |
| Located in the administrative territorial entity | Madeira |
| Located in time zone | UTC±00:00 |
| Coordinate location | 32°39′0″N 16°55′0″W |
| Public holiday | August 21 |
| Shares border with | Santana, Câmara de Lobos, Machico, Santa Cruz |
| Postal code | 9000-xxx → 9060-xxx |
| Official website | https://www.funchal.pt/ |
| Contact page URL | https://www.funchal.pt/contactos/ |
| History of topic | timeline of Funchal |
| Local dialing code | 291 |
| Category for the view of the item | Category:Views of Funchal |
| Category for maps or plans | Category:Maps of Funchal |
Funchal (Portuguese booloo: [fũˈʃal] ⓘ) ka noba gyamaa bammo ka o e Funchal City (Portuguese: Cidade do Funchal), e la kapital, tengkpong ane a municipality nang be Portugal's Autonomous Region ko Madeira, nang da taa kaabo ko Atlantic Ocean. A tenga da taa la noba yagrong neng 105,795, nang veng ka o da e tengkpong ayoobo soba nang be a Portugal. Yi o nang taa saakonnong ane yelkore gyamaa zuing, Funchal e la bone nang be a Portugal's main tourist attractions; o meng e la bone nang maale taa bammo kyaare a New Year's Eve, aane ona la a bone nang taa wederong a Portuguese port ko a cruise liner dockings.
| Funchal City | |
|---|---|
| Municipality | |
| Funchal City Hall
Saint Lawrence's Palace Madeira Botanical Garden Funchal Cathedral Monte Palace Tropical Garden | |
| Flag
Coat of arms | |
| Location in Madeira | |
| Coordinates: 32°39′N 16°55′W | |
| Country | Portugal |
| Auton. region | Madeira |
| Island | Madeira |
| Established | Settlement: c. 1424
Town: c. 1452–1454 Municipality: c. 1508 |
| Seat | Funchal Municipal Chamber |
| Parishes | 10 |
| Government | |
| • President | Cristina Pedra (PPD/PSD) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 76.15 km2 (29.40 sq mi) |
| Population
(2021) | |
| • Total | 105,795 |
| • Density | 1,400/km2 (3,600/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+00:00 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (WEST) |
| Postal code | 9000 |
| Area code | 291 |
| Website | www.cm-funchal.pt |
Climate
| Climate data for Funchal Observatory, 1991-2020, altitude: 58 m (190 ft) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 25.6
(78.1) |
28.6
(83.5) |
30.5
(86.9) |
32.6
(90.7) |
34.2
(93.6) |
33.9
(93.0) |
37.7
(99.9) |
38.2
(100.8) |
34.3
(93.7) |
34.3
(93.7) |
29.5
(85.1) |
27.1
(80.8) |
38.2
(100.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 20.0
(68.0) |
19.9
(67.8) |
20.6
(69.1) |
21.0
(69.8) |
22.0
(71.6) |
23.7
(74.7) |
25.4
(77.7) |
26.8
(80.2) |
26.6
(79.9) |
25.2
(77.4) |
22.8
(73.0) |
21.0
(69.8) |
22.9
(73.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 17.1
(62.8) |
16.8
(62.2) |
17.4
(63.3) |
17.9
(64.2) |
19.1
(66.4) |
20.9
(69.6) |
22.6
(72.7) |
23.7
(74.7) |
23.5
(74.3) |
22.2
(72.0) |
19.9
(67.8) |
18.3
(64.9) |
20.0
(67.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 14.3
(57.7) |
13.9
(57.0) |
14.3
(57.7) |
14.9
(58.8) |
16.2
(61.2) |
18.2
(64.8) |
19.7
(67.5) |
20.7
(69.3) |
20.4
(68.7) |
19.2
(66.6) |
17.0
(62.6) |
15.5
(59.9) |
17.0
(62.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 9.2
(48.6) |
8.7
(47.7) |
8.5
(47.3) |
11.1
(52.0) |
9.7
(49.5) |
14.5
(58.1) |
16.3
(61.3) |
17.5
(63.5) |
17.9
(64.2) |
13.5
(56.3) |
11.2
(52.2) |
11.0
(51.8) |
8.5
(47.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 67.1
(2.64) |
72.4
(2.85) |
62.3
(2.45) |
45.2
(1.78) |
27.2
(1.07) |
7.8
(0.31) |
1.7
(0.07) |
1.3
(0.05) |
23.1
(0.91) |
91.2
(3.59) |
80.3
(3.16) |
94.8
(3.73) |
574.4
(22.61) |
| Average rainy days (≥ 1 mm) | 6.2 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 4.7 | 3.3 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 3.1 | 7.0 | 7.3 | 8.6 | 53.2 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 71 | 70 | 68 | 68 | 70 | 73 | 73 | 72 | 71 | 71 | 70 | 70 | 71 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 160.9 | 166.8 | 197.7 | 194.8 | 208.6 | 194.0 | 232.5 | 236.7 | 210.8 | 194.3 | 165.9 | 151.1 | 2,314.1 |
| Percentage possible sunshine | 50 | 54 | 53 | 50 | 48 | 45 | 55 | 57 | 57 | 55 | 53 | 49 | 52 |
| Average ultraviolet index | 4.0 | 5.9 | 8.0 | 9.7 | 10.4 | 11.0 | 10.8 | 10.1 | 8.6 | 7.2 | 4.7 | 3.4 | 7.8 |
| Source 1: Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera (average daily max UV recorded in 2015-2020) | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: NOAA (humidity 1961–1990), German Meteorological Service (sunshine 1991-2020) | |||||||||||||
Content
[maaleŋ | Maale eŋ yizie]Etymology
[maaleŋ | Maale eŋ yizie]Noba bana nang dat Funchal after the a zeng a zie d3nd3ng da pore la a zie yuori ka Funchal nang taa bundant wild fennel tnaqng baara a be. A yuori na nyaamo da yi la Portuguese yelbiri nang e fennel, funcho, ane suffix -al, ko a denote "a plantation of fennel":
Museums
[maaleŋ | Maale eŋ yizie]Funchal taa la Museums, teseng a:-
- Casa-Museu Frederico de Freitas
- Núcleo Museológico da Cidade do Açúcar
- Museu Barbeito
- Museu CR7
- Museu de Electricidade (Museum of Electricity)
- Museu de Arte Contemporânea do Funchal
- Sacred Art Museum of Funchal
- Museu de Fotografia – Vicentes
- Museu do Forte de S. Tiago
- Museu do Vinho da Madeira
- Museu Henrique e Francisco Franco
- Museu de História Natural do Funchal
- Museu Quinta das Cruzes
- Museu Sala de Troféus do Clube Sport Marítimo
- Núcleo Museológico do IVBAM
- Núcleo Museológico do Museu Militar Palácio São Lourenço
- Núcleo Museológico Mary Jane Wilson
Street art
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Tenne mine – tenne pe3le
[maaleŋ | Maale eŋ yizie]
Funchal taa la twinned neng:
Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal
Cape Town, South Africa- Tɛmpileti:Country data AUS Fremantle, Australia
- Tɛmpileti:Country data GIB Gibraltar, Gibraltar
Herzliya, Israel- Tɛmpileti:Country data USA Honolulu, United States
- Ílhavo, Portugal
Leichlingen, Germany
Livingstone, Zambia- Tɛmpileti:Country data AUS Marrickville (Inner West), Australia
- Tɛmpileti:Country data USA Maui County, United States
- Tɛmpileti:Country data USA New Bedford, United States
- Tɛmpileti:Country data USA Oakland, United States
Praia, Cape Verde- Tɛmpileti:Country data JEY Saint Helier, Jersey
Santos, Brazil- Tɛmpileti:Country data PHI Vigan, Philippines
Nembanne mine
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Public service
[maaleŋ | Maale eŋ yizie]- Arsénio Pompílio Pompeu de Carpo (1792–1869), slave trader, freemason, poet and journalist
- James Yate Johnson (1820–1900), English naturalist, lived in Madeira from 1851
- José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage (1823–1907), Portuguese zoologist and politician
- Arthur Phelps (1837–1920), British civil engineer, homeopath and anti-vaccinationist
- Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos (1837–1880), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Goa
- Sarah Forbes Bonetta (1843–1880), goddaughter of Queen Victoria, died of tuberculosis
- Sir Lloyd William Mathews (1850–1901), British naval officer, politician and abolitionist
- Charles, Count de Lambert (1865–1944), early European aviator
- Adolfo de Noronha (1873–1963), Portuguese naturalist
- Leontina de Cabral Hogan (1886–1943), medium and feminist
Leontina de Cabral Hogan - Lourdes Castro (1930–2022), artist using abstract art, silk screens and shadow puppets
- Maria Teresinha Gomes (1933–2007), spent 20 years as a male army general
- Alberto João Jardim (born 1943), President of the Regional Government of Madeira, 1978–2015
- Joe Berardo (born 1944), Portuguese and South African businessman, and art collector
- Ilse Everlien Berardo (born 1955), German Lutheran theologian, responsible for the local German-speaking Protestant Church
- Humberto Barbosa (born 1961), Portuguese nutritionist
- Miguel Albuquerque (born 1961), politician, current President of the Regional Government of Madeira
- Berto Correia de Sousa (born 1972), Portuguese-Swiss bank manager in Zurich, noble roots
- Liliana Rodrigues (born 1973), politician and Member of the European Parliament
- Rubina Berardo (born 1982), Madeiran and Portuguese politician and pundit
Meng kaa ky3
[maaleŋ | Maale eŋ yizie]- History of Madeira
- Madeira wine
- Lua error: bad argument #2 to 'title.new' (unrecognized namespace name 'Portal').
Arts
[maaleŋ | Maale eŋ yizie]- Viscondessa das Nogueiras (1805–1888), poet, author, and translator
- Jane Wallas Penfold (1820–1884), botanical artist
- Virgílio Teixeira (1917–2010), film, TV and stage actor
- Maximiano de Sousa (1918–1980), Portuguese singer, known as Max
- Herberto Hélder (1930–2015), Portuguese surrealist and experimental poet
- António da Cunha Telles (born 1935), Portuguese film director and producer
- Maria Aurora (1937–2010), journalist, poet, novelist, children's writer and TV presenter
- Nini Andrade (born 1962) interior designer and painter
- Fátima Lopes (born 1965), fashion designer
- Kátia Aveiro (born 1977), singer and sister of footballer Cristiano Ronaldo
- Pedro Camacho (born 1979), composer of classical and religious music and film scores
- Carlos Nóbrega (born 1979), singer, songwriter, actor, photographer and writer
- Fabio Machado (born 1985), Portuguese mandolin virtuoso
- Vânia Fernandes (born 1985), singer and 2008 Eurovision Song Contest competitor
- Giullia Buscacio (born 1997), Portuguese Brazilian actress
Sport
[maaleŋ | Maale eŋ yizie]
- Cristiano Ronaldo (born 1985), footballer and longtime captain of the Portugal national team
- Artur de Sousa Pinga (1909–1963), footballer and later coach of FC Porto
- Marco Paiva (born 1973), retired footballer with 528 club caps
- Catarina Fagundes (born 1977), the first Portuguese female sailing athlete, entered the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Márcio Abreu (born 1980), Portuguese footballer with 505 club caps
- Rúben Andrade (born 1982), retired footballer with 491 club caps
- Moises Henriques (born 1987), Australian cricketer, moved to Australia aged one
- Marcos Freitas (born 1988), European Champion table tennis player
- Laura Luís (born 1992), football forward, with 49 caps for the Portugal women's team
- Fátima Pinto (born 1996), the first footballer from Madeira in a UEFA Women's Championship
- Telma Encarnação (born 2001), footballer who plays for the Portugal women's team
Meng kaa ky3
[maaleŋ | Maale eŋ yizie]- History of Madeira
- Madeira wine
- Lua error: bad argument #2 to 'title.new' (unrecognized namespace name 'Portal').
ziyiri mine
[maaleŋ | Maale eŋ yizie]- Fructuoso, Gaspar (1966) [1873]. Saudades da Terra (in Portuguese). Vol. 2. Ponta Delgada, Azores: Instituto Cultural de Ponta Delgada.
Bibliography
[maaleŋ | Maale eŋ yizie]Ziiri mine yiziiri
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