Arco de São Jorge is a civil parish

Freguesia

Freguesia is the Portuguese term for a secondary local administrative unit in Portugal and some of its former colonies, and a former secondary local administrative unit in Macau, roughly equivalent to an administrative parish. A freguesia is a subdivision of a concelho, the Portuguese synonym term...

 in the municipality of Santana, the Portuguese island of Madeira

Madeira

Madeira is a Portuguese archipelago that lies between and , just under 400 km north of Tenerife, Canary Islands, in the north Atlantic Ocean and an outermost region of the European Union...

. In 2001, the population was approximately 509, in a territory covering 3.5 km²: it is the smallest parish by population and area.

Geography

Located in the northwest of of the municipality of Santana, it is a region connected by the main roadway to the municipal seat, Machico and the western part of the island.

Arco de São Jorge has a school, a lyceum, a gymnasium, a church and a square (praça).