Madeira (archipelago)
| Madeira | |
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| Waters | Atlantic Ocean |
| Geographical location | 32 ° 48 ′ N , 16 ° 40 ′ W |
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| Main island | Madeira |
| Total land area | 795 km² |
| Residents | 265,000 |
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The Madeira archipelago is an archipelago in the Atlantic , located about 600 km off the Northwest coast of Africa and 1000 km southwest of Lisbon .
Politically, the islands in the group belong to Portugal . The capital of Madeira is Funchal with around 100,000 inhabitants.
In addition to the main island Madeira with 736 km², only the much smaller island of Porto Santo (42 km²) is inhabited. The three small, uninhabited islands of Ilhéu Chão , Deserta Grande and Bugio form the archipelago of the Ilhas Desertas ("The deserted islands") with a total area of 14.21 km².
Together with the Ilhas Selvagens , some 280 km south, the Madeira archipelago forms the Autonomous Region of Madeira .
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