Calheta (Madeira)
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Template: Infobox city in Portugal / maintenance / management location is empty Template: Infobox city in Portugal / Maintenance / Web page is blank Calheta is a Portuguese city on the island of Madeira and lies about 32 km from Funchal, in the west of the island. It is considered the main town in the southwest of Madeira. Earlier this small town was a center of sugar production.
It has a newly built Marina, also sand was shipped in from the Sahara to create an artificial sand beach.
Circle Calheta
Calheta is the seat of the homonymous district, which includes about 12,000 inhabitants; the neighbors are Porto Moniz on the north, São Vicente in the North East and Ponta do Sol in the east.
The circle Calheta is divided into eight municipalities ( Freguesias ):
Population
The promenade of Calheta
Sons and daughters of the town
- José Vicente de Freitas (1869-1952), military and politician, 1928/29, Prime Minister