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Madeira
| Location |
N Atlantic Ocean, W of Morocco |
| Latitude and longitude |
32 75 N, 16 97 W |
| Sovereignty |
Portugal |
| Political status notes |
Self-governing region of Portugal; one of the seven Ultra
Peripheral Regions of the European Union |
| Population |
241,257 |
|
Census notes
|
Est. Dec. 31, 2002 |
| Land area in square kilometers |
796 |
| Capital |
Funchal |
Fundamental legal document(s) online
|
| As Regiões Autónomas na Constituição da República
Portuguesa (Portuguese)(Articles 225 to 234 of the Portuguese
Constitution, on the autonomous regions), from La Universidad Carlos III
de Madrid |
| Lei
Constitucional n.º 1/2005, de 12 de Agosto de 2005 (7th revision,
2005) (Articles 225
to 234 are on the autonomous regions) from the Portuguese Parliament
(Portuguese) (PDF 376K) |
| Constitution
of the Portuguese Republic (7th revision, 2005) (Articles 225
to 234 are on the autonomous regions) from the Portuguese Parliament
(Portuguese) (PDF 292K) |
| Primeira revisão do Estatuto
Político-Administrativo da Região Autónoma da Madeira, Lei nº
130/99 de 21 de Agosto (Portuguese), from the Assembleia Legislativa Regional
(PDF 111K) |
Other legal documents online
|
| Documentação
e Legislação (Portuguese), from the Assembleia Legislativa Regional |
|
Jornal
Oficial da Região Autónoma da Madeira (Portuguese)(journal
pages are in PDF) |
Sources and other useful websites
|
| Assembleia
Legislativa Regional da Região Autónoma da Madeira
(Portuguese) |
| Direcção
Regional de Estatística da Madeira (Portuguese) |
| Instituto
Nacional de Estatística, Portugal—this is a complicated site
to navigate: First, on the left-hand menu, choose "English
version" (unless you prefer Portuguese). Next, on the menu bar at
the top of the page, click "Products and Services" (or the
Portuguese equivalent). On the resulting drop-down menu, choose
"Statistical Data", then "General Statistical Data".
On the page that results, choose the first page listed, "Territory
and Environment – General Data" for statistical information on
Madeira. |
| United Nations System-Wide Earthwatch Island
Directory |
Selected articles on law and political status
|
| Madeira, in The Working Autonomies in Europe: Territorial autonomy as a
Means of Minority Protection and Conflict Solution in the European
Experience - An Overview and Schematic Comparison, by Thomas Benedikter
(2006) (scroll to 2.6 and 2.6.1) |
| Madeira--"The
Development of an Island Free Zone", by Alberto Jardim,
Presidente do Governo, Região Autónoma da Madeira, in Jean-Didier
Hache (editor), What
Status for Europe's Islands? (Quel Statut pour les Îles
d'Europe?) (2000). This volume is no longer available online.
Interested readers may be able to purchase it through Alibris
or other booksellers. |
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