Santa Luzia (Funchal)
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Santa Luzia is a parish in the district of Funchal
in the Madeira Islands. The population in 2001 is 6,695, its density is 4,996.3/km² and the area is 1.34 km². It is located not far from Funchal. The main industry are businesses.
The civil parish's name was a consequence of the older parish of Santa Luzia, but created from the dissection of lands in Sé and Nossa Senhora do Monte.
Santa Luzia has a school, a lyceum, a gymnasium, a church, a medical clinic and a square (praça).
Funchal
Funchal is the largest city, the municipal seat and the capital of Portugal's Autonomous Region of Madeira. The city has a population of 112,015 and has been the capital of Madeira for more than five centuries.-Etymology:...
in the Madeira Islands. The population in 2001 is 6,695, its density is 4,996.3/km² and the area is 1.34 km². It is located not far from Funchal. The main industry are businesses.
History
Santa Luzia, is one of the four urban parishes of Funchal, which, along with Sé, São Pedro and Imaculado Coração de Maria, developed from the concentration of the first settlers to the southern coast. The parish grew out of necessity, since congestion in the parish of Sé had already limited available lands along the coast.The civil parish's name was a consequence of the older parish of Santa Luzia, but created from the dissection of lands in Sé and Nossa Senhora do Monte.
Geography
Santa Luzia is boxed in by the Ribeira of João Gomes (whose origin is in the Serra do Poiso in the interior), in the east, and on the west by Ribeira de Santa Luzia (which springs from the area around the Pico do Areeiro and Pico do Escalvado, and is responsible for the volume of spring run-off that flows into the Ribeiro de Cideral, Ribeira dos Frades, Ribeira do Pisão an Ribeira do Til.Santa Luzia has a school, a lyceum, a gymnasium, a church, a medical clinic and a square (praça).