Caniço (Santa Cruz) Explained

Type:	parish
Official Name:	Caniço
Region:	Madeira
Municipality:	Santa Cruz
Coordinates:	32.651°N -16.841°W
Area Total:	11.99
Population Total:	23368
Population As Of:	2011

Caniço (pronounced as /pt/) 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.

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

See also

• The "sacred heart" statue in Caniço is by Pierre Charles Lenoir

Notes and References

1. http://www.ine.pt/xportal/xmain?xlang=en&xpid=INE&xpgid=ine_indicadores&indOcorrCod=0005889&contexto=pi&selTab=tab0 Instituto Nacional de Estatística
2. http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/nuts_nomenclature/documents/PT-LAU.xls Eurostat
3. News: 17 April 2019 . At least 29 dead in bus crash on Portugal’s Madeira island . . 17 April 2019.