Caniço (Santa Cruz)

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{{Infobox Portuguese subdivision

|type = parish

|official_name = Caniço

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|image_skyline = Madeira - Caniço (32753203593).jpg

|image_shield = Caniço.svg

|region = Madeira

|municipality = Santa Cruz

|coordinates = {{coord|32.651|-16.841|type:adm1st_region:PT_dim:50000|display=inline,title}}

|area_total = 11.99

|population_total = 23368

|population_as_of = 2011

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Caniço ({{IPA|pt|kɐˈnisu}}) is a parish in the municipality of Santa Cruz in the Madeira Islands. It was elevated to city status in 2005. The population in 2011 was 23,368,[http://www.ine.pt/xportal/xmain?xlang=en&xpid=INE&xpgid=ine_indicadores&indOcorrCod=0005889&contexto=pi&selTab=tab0 Instituto Nacional de Estatística] in an area of 11.99 km².[http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/nuts_nomenclature/documents/PT-LAU.xls Eurostat] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007042623/http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/nuts_nomenclature/documents/PT-LAU.xls |date=October 7, 2012 }} Caniço is connected to the urban sprawl of Funchal and is larger than the seat of the municipality. It is located 6 km east of Funchal.

On 17 April 2019, a tour bus crashed on a road near Caniço, killing 29 people.{{cite news |date=17 April 2019 |title=At least 29 dead in bus crash on Portugal’s Madeira island |url=https://bnonews.com/index.php/2019/04/bus-crash-on-madeira/ |publisher=BNO News |accessdate=17 April 2019}}

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