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Website. www .cm-funchal .pt. Funchal ( Portuguese pronunciation: [fũˈʃal] ⓘ) is the capital, largest city and the municipal seat of Portugal 's Autonomous Region of Madeira, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean. The city has a population of 105,795, [1] making it the sixth largest city in Portugal.
Its first higher education institution, a medical school, was founded in Funchal in the 18th century. In 1978, the University of Lisbon established a satellite campus in Madeira, and from 1983 to 1986, today's campus began taking shape, offering courses in the areas of science and technology, arts, humanities, and social sciences.
Santa Maria Maior (Funchal) / 32.66056°N 16.89139°W / 32.66056; -16.89139. Santa Maria Maior ( Portuguese meaning Saint Mary the Great) is a civil parish in the eastern part of the municipality of Funchal on the island of Madeira. The population in 2011 was 13,352, [1] in an area of 4.86 km 2.
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.
Madeira Airport ( Portuguese: Aeroporto da Madeira, IATA: FNC, ICAO: LPMA ), informally Funchal Airport ( Aeroporto do Funchal ), formerly Santa Catarina Airport ( Aeroporto de Santa Catarina) and officially Cristiano Ronaldo International Airport, is an international airport in the civil parish of Santa Cruz in the Portuguese archipelago and ...
8 medical evacuation vehicle; 6 radio access point station vehicle; 4 reconnaissance and surveillance vehicle (with BOR-A 550 radar) Commando V-150 United States: Reconnaissance vehicle: 15 Acquired 15 units with a 90mm cannon and M60E/D machine guns in 1989. All units are in service with the Group of Recognition, based on Cavalry Regiment nº6.
Flooding in Funchal Waves during the flooding. The 2010 Madeira floods and mudslides were the result of an extreme weather event that affected Madeira Island in Portugal's autonomous Madeira archipelago on 20 February 2010. The flash flood killed 51 people, of whom 6 are still to be found, and injured 250. Around 600 people were left homeless.
Type II Military Health Unit in Funchal (UNS II Funchal) Type II Military Health Unit in Amadora (UNS II Amadora) Type II Military Health Unit in Azores (UNS II Açores) Military Unit of Veterinary Medicine (UMMV) Military Laboratory Unit for Biological and Chemical Defense (UMLDBQ). Army Applied Psychology Center (CPAE) ModOpPsic