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Luisa Castro (2024 -) Children. 1. Andrés Felipe Robledo Londoño (born 12 December 1986), [1] better known as Reykon " El Líder " " Pel mazo ", is a reggaeton performer from Colombia. [2] He is considered one of the biggest proponents of Latin America's reggaeton music genre. [3] He is from Envigado, Antioquia.
Madeira Island. / 32.65111°N 16.90972°W / 32.65111; -16.90972. Madeira is a Portuguese island, and is the largest and most populous of the Madeira Archipelago. It has an area of 740.7 km 2 (286 sq mi), including Ilhéu de Agostinho, Ilhéu de São Lourenço, Ilhéu Mole (northwest). As of 2021, Madeira had a total population of 245,595.
Football is the most popular sport in Madeira and the island was indeed the first place in Portugal to host a match, organised by British residents in 1875. [143] [144] The island is the birthplace of international star Cristiano Ronaldo and is home to two prominent teams, C.S. Marítimo and C.D. Nacional .
List of regions and sub-regions of Portugal. Administrative divisions of continental Portugal, including districts, NUTS and historical provinces. This is the list of the municipalities of Portugal under the NUTS 2 and NUTS 3 format. The NUTS 3 regions were revised in 2015; since then, the subregions (NUTS 3) coincide with the intermunicipal ...
21 November 1471. Funchal. Occupation. Explorer, colonial administrator. Known for. Settler of the Archipelago of Madeira. Signature. João Gonçalves Zarco ( c. 1390 – 21 November 1471) [1] was a Portuguese explorer who established settlements and recognition of the Madeira Islands, and was appointed first captain of Funchal by Henry the ...
The word Portugal derives from the combined Roman - Celtic place name Portus Cale [18] [19] (present-day's conurbation of Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia ). Porto stems from the Latin for port, portus; Cale ' s meaning and origin is unclear. The mainstream explanation is an ethnonym derived from the Callaeci, also known as the Gallaeci peoples, who ...
v. t. e. The two Autonomous Regions of Portugal from 1999 ( Portuguese: Regiões Autónomas de Portugal) are the Azores ( Região Autónoma dos Açores) and Madeira ( Região Autónoma da Madeira ). Together with Continental Portugal ( Portugal Continental ), they form the Portuguese Republic .
Caniçal ( Portuguese pronunciation: [kɐniˈsal]) is a civil parish in the municipality of Machico in the Portuguese island of Madeira. The population in 2011 was 3,924, [1] in an area of 11.85 km 2. [2] Equidistant from Funchal and Santana (20 km), the community is connected to these centres by the Regional 109 roadway.