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Porto Santo Island, which lies 43 kilometres (27 mi) northeast of Madeira. is the second-largest island with an area of 42.2 square kilometres (16.3 sq mi). The Desertas Islands are a chain of three narrow islands about 25 kilometres (16 mi) southeast of Madeira, covering an area of 14.2 square kilometres (5.5 sq mi).
Porto has several institutions of higher education, the largest one being the state-managed University of Porto (Universidade do Porto), which is the second largest Portuguese university, after the University of Lisbon, with approximately 28,000 students and considered one of the 100 best Universities in Europe. [91]
The Desertas Islands (Portuguese: Ilhas Desertas, IPA: [ˈiʎɐʒ ðɨˈzɛɾtɐʃ], "Deserted Islands") are a small archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, part of the larger Portuguese Madeira Archipelago. The archipelago is located off the coast of Morocco.
Map of the Amazon Basin with the Madeira River highlighted. The Madeira River (Portuguese: Rio Madeira [maˈdejɾɐ]) is a major waterway in South America.It is estimated to be 1,450 km (900 mi) in length, while the Madeira-Mamoré is estimated near 3,250 km (2,020 mi) [4] or 3,380 km (2,100 mi) in length depending on the measuring party and their methods.
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Along with the airports in Lisbon, Faro, Ponta Delgada, Santa Maria, Horta, Flores, Madeira, and Porto Santo, the airport's concessions to provide support to civil aviation were conceded to ANA Aeroportos de Portugal on 18 December 1998, under provisions of decree 404/98. With this concession, ANA became responsible for the planning ...
Map of the Madeira-Mamoré Railroad. The Madeira-Mamoré Railroad is an abandoned railroad built in the Brazilian state of Rondônia between 1907 and 1912, during the rubber boom. The railroad links the cities of Porto Velho and Guajará-Mirim. It became known as the "Devil's Railroad" because thousands of construction workers died from ...
Caracol, an obscure grape believed to be unique to Porto Santo and only used for the local production of dry table wine in the past, was turned into fortified Madeira for the first time by Madeira Vintners, becoming the first new grape in over a century to be used for high-quality single-varietal Madeira wine.