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Ribeira Brava, Madeira

Ribeira Brava, Madeira
FieldValue
typemunicipality
nameRibeira Brava
image_skylineRibeira Brava 508.jpg
image_captionMain centre of Ribeira Brava along the valley of the same name, and at the coast
image_flagpt-rbr1.png
flag_borderno
image_shieldRBR.png
regionMadeira
islandMadeira
parishes4
image_map
map_captionInteractive map of Ribeira Brava
coordinates
leader_nameRicardo Nascimento
established_dateSettlement: c.1500
Municipality: 6 May 1914
area_total_km265.41
population_as_of2011
population_total13375
postal_code9350
area_code(+351) 291 XXX-XXXX
patronSão Bento
holiday29 June
websitehttps://www.cm-ribeirabrava.pt

Municipality: 6 May 1914

Ribeira Brava (; ) is a municipality on the island of Madeira, in the Portuguese Autonomous Region of Madeira. It is located along the southern coast (approximately centre), and is west of Câmara de Lobos and the regional capital Funchal, south of São Vicente, and east of Ponta do Sol. The population in 2011 was 13,375, in an area of 65.41 km2.

The municipality gained its name due to its river, which translates as "angry river". In rainy seasons, the river had an extremely strong and powerful current, that often wreaked havoc over the entire eight kilometres of the route.

Geography

The municipality's namesake, the Ribeira Brava ravine and river valley extends from the slopes of the west-central mountains of Madeira. Its waters provide the primary sources of drinking-water (a small reservoir collects surface run-off) to the area and electricity to the island of Madeira. Approximately ten tributaries feed this river, whose course ends in the Serra de Água and which much later empties into the Atlantic along the village's coast.

The primary urban agglomerations are the five civil parishes, constituted with their own local government. They include:

  • Campanário
  • Ribeira Brava
  • Serra de Água
  • Tabua

Buildings and structures

The Centro Desportivo da Madeira stadium is located in the municipality.

Notable people

  • Nadia Almada (born 1977 in Ribeira Brava) a transgender British TV personality; won the fifth series of Big Brother.
  • Marquinho (born 1989 in Ribeira Brava) a footballer with over 250 club caps

References

References

  1. [http://www.ine.pt/xportal/xmain?xlang=en&xpid=INE&xpgid=ine_indicadores&indOcorrCod=0005889&contexto=pi&selTab=tab0 Instituto Nacional de Estatística]
  2. [http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/nuts_nomenclature/documents/PT-LAU.xls Eurostat] {{webarchive. link. (October 7, 2012)
  3. [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1661916/ Nadia Almada, IMDb Database] retrieved 20 July 2021.
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