| Porto Santo | |||
| Vila Baleira | |||
| Municipality (Concelho) | |||
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| Official name: Concelho do Porto Santo | |||
| Name origin: porto santo Portuguese compound word for holy port | |||
| Country | Portugal | ||
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| Autonomous Region | Madeira | ||
| Island | Madeira | ||
| Municipality | Porto Santo (Vila Baleira) | ||
| Civil Parishes | Porto Santo | ||
| Center | Farrobo | ||
| - elevation | 92 m (302 ft) | ||
| - coordinates | |||
| Highest point | Pico do Castelo | ||
| - elevation | 402 m (1,319 ft) | ||
| - coordinates | |||
| Lowest point | Sea level | ||
| - location | Atlantic Ocean | ||
| - elevation | 0 m (0 ft) | ||
| Length | 17.5 km (11 mi), Southwest-Northeast | ||
| Width | 7.83 km (5 mi), Northwest-Southeast | ||
| Area | 46.19 km2 (18 sq mi) | ||
| Population | 4,474 (2001) | ||
| Density | 96.86 / km2 (251 / sq mi) | ||
| Settlement | fl. 1500 | ||
| - Municipality | c. 1835 | ||
| - Vila/Town | 6 August 1996 | ||
| LAU | Concelho/Câmara Municipal | ||
| - location | Rua Dr. Nuno Silvestre Texeira, Porto Santo, Vila Baleira | ||
| President | Roberto Paulo Cardoso da Silva | ||
| Municipal Chair | Joana Justa Rosário Coelho | ||
| Timezone | WET (UTC0) | ||
| - summer (DST) | WEST (UTC+1) | ||
| ISO 3166-2 code | PT- | ||
| Postal Zone | 9400-000 Porto Santo | ||
| Area Code & Prefix | (+351) 291 XXX XXX | ||
| Demonym | Madeirense | ||
| Municipal Address | Rua Dr. Nuno Silvestre Texeira 9400-000 Porto Santo |
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Location of the municipality and municipal seat of Vila Baleira, in the archipelago of Madeira
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| Wikimedia Commons: Vila Baleira | |||
| Website: http://www.cm-portosanto.com | |||
| Statistics from INE (2001); geographic detail from Instituto Geográfico Português (2010) | |||
Vila Baleira (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈvilɐ βɐˈlɐjɾɐ]) is the city and municipal seat of the island of Porto Santo, in the Portuguese Madeiran archipelago. It is an example of one of the few settlements in Portugal with only one civil parish, and only became a city on 6 August 1996.
| Climate data for Porto Santo Island | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 17 (63) |
17 (63) |
18 (64) |
18 (65) |
19 (67) |
21 (70) |
23 (73) |
24 (76) |
24 (76) |
22 (72) |
20 (68) |
18 (65) |
20.3 (68.5) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 14 (57) |
14 (57) |
14 (57) |
14 (58) |
16 (60) |
18 (64) |
19 (67) |
21 (69) |
21 (69) |
19 (66) |
17 (62) |
16 (60) |
16.8 (62.2) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 56 (2.2) |
43 (1.7) |
43 (1.7) |
23 (0.9) |
13 (0.5) |
5 (0.2) |
3 (0.1) |
5 (0.2) |
23 (0.9) |
46 (1.8) |
64 (2.5) |
53 (2.1) |
376 (14.8) |
| Source: Weatherbase [1] | |||||||||||||