Caniço_(Santa_Cruz)

Caniço (Santa Cruz)

Caniço (Santa Cruz)

Civil parish in Madeira, Portugal

Caniço (Portuguese pronunciation: [kɐˈnisu]) is a parish in the municipality of Santa Cruz in the Madeira Islands. It was elevated to city status in 2005. The population in 2011 was 23,368,[1] in an area of 11.99 km2.[2] Caniço is connected to the urban sprawl of Funchal and is larger than the seat of the municipality. It is located 6 km east of Funchal.

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On 17 April 2019, a tour bus crashed on a road near Caniço, killing 29 people.[3]

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References

  1. [1]
    Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  2. [2]
    Eurostat Archived October 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  3. [3]
    "At least 29 dead in bus crash on Portugal's Madeira island". BNO News. 17 April 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2019.



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