Porto Santo Island

E81904

island municipality

Porto Santo Island is a small, sparsely populated Portuguese island in the Madeira archipelago, known for its long sandy beach and mild climate.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	island → municipality →
administeredBy	Autonomous Region of Madeira →
belongsToDistrict	Madeira →
belongsToNUTS2Region	Região Autónoma da Madeira →
capital	Vila Baleira →
connectedByFerryTo	Madeira Island →
country	Portugal →
discoveredBy	Portuguese navigators →
discoveryCentury	15th century →
hasAirport	Porto Santo Airport →
hasArea	approximately 42 square kilometres →
hasBeachType	golden sand →
hasCallingCode	+351 →
hasClimate	subtropical →
hasCountryCode	PT →
hasGeology	volcanic origin →
hasLength	approximately 11 kilometres →
hasMainBeachLength	approximately 9 kilometres →
hasMainEconomicActivity	tourism →
hasMunicipalHoliday	June 24 →
hasMunicipalStatusSince	1835 →
hasNearbyIsland	Madeira Island →
hasNearbyIslets	Ilhéu de Baixo → Ilhéu de Cima → Ilhéu de Ferro →
hasNotableFeature	therapeutic sand used for health treatments →
hasPostalCodePrefix	9400 →
hasSecondaryEconomicActivity	fishing → services → small-scale agriculture →
hasWidth	approximately 6 kilometres →
knownFor	long sandy beach → mild climate → tourism →
largestSettlement	Vila Baleira →
locatedIn	Atlantic Ocean → Macaronesia →
namedAfter	Porto Santo (Holy Port) →
officialLanguage	Portuguese →
partOf	Madeira archipelago →
population	sparsely populated →
sovereignState	Portugal →
timezone	UTC+0 →
timezoneDST	UTC+1 →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Madeira →	composedOf
Macaronesia →	hasPart
Porto Santo Island ("Porto Santo (Holy Port)") →	namedAfter