Estreito da Calheta
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| Estreito da Calheta | ||
| Civil Parish (Freguesia) | ||
 The centre of the parish of Estreito da Calheta | ||
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| Official name: Freguesia do Estreito da Calheta | ||
| Name origin: estreito da calheta Portuguese compound phrase for the strait of the small bay | ||
| Country |  Portugal | |
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| Region |  Madeira | |
| Island | Madeira | |
| Municipality | Calheta | |
| Center | Estreito da Calheta | |
| - elevation | 904 m (2,966 ft) | |
| - coordinates | 32°45′28″N 17°10′34″W / 32.75778°N 17.17611°W | |
| Lowest point | Sea levl | |
| - location | Atlantic Ocean, Paul da Serra, Calheta | |
| - elevation | 0 m (0 ft) | |
| Length | 7.84 km (5 mi), Southwest-Northwest | |
| Width | 2.63 km (2 mi), Northwest-Southeast | |
| Area | 14.32 km2 (6 sq mi) | |
| Population | 1,630 (2001) | |
| Density | 113.82 / km2 (295 / sq mi) | |
| LAU | Freguesia/Junta Freguesia | |
| - location | Lombo Serrões, Lombo das Laranjeiras, Estreito da Calheta, Calheta | |
| President Junta | Luís Sardinha Jardim (PPD-PSD) | |
| Timezone | WET (UTC0) | |
| - summer (DST) | WEST (UTC+1) | |
| ISO 3166-2 code | PT- | |
| Postal Zone | 9370-111 Calheta | |
| Area Code & Prefix | (+351) 291 XXX XXX | |
| Demonym | Madeirense | |
| Parish Address | Lombo Serrões, Lombo das Laranjeiras 9370-111 Calheta | |
  Location of the parish seat of Estreito da Calheta in the municipality of Calheta, island of Madeira
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| Wikimedia Commons: Estreito da Calheta | ||
| Statistics from INE (2001); geographic detail from Instituto Geográfico Português (2010) | ||
Estreito da Calheta (Portuguese for strait of Calheta) is a civil parish in the municipality of Calheta in the archipelago of Madeira, Portugal. The population in 2001 was 1,630, in an area 13.4 km² (density was 113.8/km²).
It is connected with a road linking Calheta and Funchal. The Atlantic Ocean is to the south and the mountains are to the northeast. The main industry are agriculture, fishing with some businesses.
Estreito da Calheta has a school, a lyceum, and a square (praça).
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