Ribeira da Janela
| Ribeira da Janela | |||
| Civil Parish (Freguesia) | |||
 Rocky coast and islet of Ribeira da Janela | |||
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| Official name: Freguesia da Ribeira da Janela | |||
| Name origin: ribeira da janela Portuguese phrase for ravine of the window | |||
| Country |  Portugal | ||
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| Autonomous Region |  Madeira | ||
| Island | Madeira | ||
| Municipality | Porto Moniz | ||
| Center | Ribeira da Janela | ||
| - elevation | 924 m (3,031 ft) | ||
| - coordinates | 32°48′35″N 17°9′10″W / 32.80972°N 17.15278°W | ||
| Highest point | |||
| - elevation | 1,239 m (4,065 ft) | ||
| Lowest point | Sea level | ||
| - location | Atlantic Ocean, Ribeira da Janela, Porto Moniz | ||
| - elevation | 0 m (0 ft) | ||
| Length | 3.69 km (2 mi), Southwest-Northwest | ||
| Width | 10.94 km (7 mi), Northwest-Southeast | ||
| Area | 18.48 km2 (7 sq mi) | ||
| Population | 291 (2001) | ||
| Density | 15.75 / km2 (41 / sq mi) | ||
| LAU | Freguesia/Junta Freguesia | ||
| - location | Sítio dos Casais da Igreja, Ribeira da Janela, Porto Moniz | ||
| Timezone | WET (UTC0) | ||
| - summer (DST) | WEST (UTC+1) | ||
| ISO 3166-2 code | PT- | ||
| Postal Zone | 9270-101 Ribeira da Janela | ||
| Area Code & Prefix | (+351) 291 XXX XXX | ||
| Demonym | Madeirense | ||
| Patron Saint | Nossa Senhora da Encarnação | ||
| Parish Address | Sítio dos Casais da Igreja 9270-101 Ribeira da Janela | ||
  Location of the parish seat of Achadas da Cruz in the municipality of Porto Moniz, island of Madeira
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| Wikimedia Commons: Ribeira da Janela | |||
| Statistics from INE (2001); geographic detail from Instituto Geográfico Português (2010) | |||
Ribeira da Janela is a civil parish (Portuguese: freguesia) in the municipality of Porto Moniz in the Portuguese islands of Madeira. The population, commonly referred to as "Rabichados", in 2001 was 291 inhabitants in an area of 18.48 km² (its density was 15.75/km²). Ribeira da Janela is the smallest parish in density and one of the two located in the highest altitudes in Porto Moniz.
History
The parish was marked by a massive exodus during in the 1960s, from which it has yet not recovered.[1] Most of the people that left the parish in this period emigrated to Funchal, continental Portugal or overseas (including Venezuela, Canada, South Africa and the United States).
Geography
It is located northeast coast of the municipality of Porto Moniz, connected by the main roadway that circles the island with the principal communities in Funchal and Calheta. Mountainous, the parish is cut by several river valleys extending into the Atlantic Ocean from the interior plateau of Paul da Serra (where it borders the municipalities of Ponta do Sol and Calheta. The ravine, Ribeira da Janela, meanders through the parish from Paul da Serra (springing from the plateau at around 1,420 metres altitude) and flows at various intervals along the water course.[2] The valley cut by this ravine is one of the longest in Madeira. Forests dominate the northern and the western parts of the valley and while brush permeates in the remaining areas.
Ribeira da Janela has a school, a church and a square (praça).