Jardim do Mar

Jardim do Mar (Portuguese for the garden of the sea) is a parish in the western part of the district of Calheta in the Madeira Islands. The population in 2001 is 252, its density is 98.8/km² and the area is 2.55 km². It is located about 1 to 2 km from Calheta. It also accessed to a rarely used road linking to the mountains and Jardim Pelado to its east.

ettlement

*Jardim Pelado, about 1 km east

Nearest parishes

*Paúl do Mar, northwest
*Prazeres, north
*Estreito da Calheta, northeast
*Calheta, ESE

Geography

*Location:
**Latitude: 32.733 (32°44') N
**Longitude: 17.21667 (17°13') W
*Altitude: Atlantic Ocean

Jardim do Mar has a school, a lyceum, a gymnasia, a church and a square ("praça").

External links

*Map and aerial photos
** [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=32.744&longitude=-17.21667&zoom=6 Street map from Mapquest] or [http://maps.google.com/maps?||=32.744,-17.21667 Google]
** [http://terraserver.microsoft.com/map.aspx?t=1&s=14&lon=-17.21667&lat=32.744&w=750&h=500 Aerial photograph from Microsoft Terraserver]
*Coordinates: coord|32|44|0|N|17|13|0|W|