TÁBUA
(PARISH OF RIBEIRA BRAVA MUNICIPALITY)
32° 40' 47" N 17° 04' 40" W
Tabua is a parish in the municipality of Ribeira Brava in the island of Madeira. It is located on the south coast, west of Funchal. The population in 2011 was 1,156, in an area of 11.03 km2. The municipality has a road that connects Calheta with Funchal, the capital, by road. The Ponta do Sol municipality is to the west, and the São Vicente municipality is to the north. On its southern border, the Atlantic borders the Municipality.
Tabua is located on the south coast of Madeira Island, west of the capital Funchal, between Ribeira Brava and Lugar de Baixo.
It thus has an ideal position, between all means of communications, which gives it a strategic position on the island:
It has a road which connects Funchal (capital of the island of Madeira) to towns on the west coast such as Ponta do Sol and Calheta.
It is therefore an obligatory passage for East-West crossings of the island.
It has to the north the mountainous areas of the island (which are part of the UNESCO world heritage) and is bathed to the south by the Atlantic Ocean.
Bordering towns:
Lugar de Baixo, to the west
Boaventura, northwest
São Vicente, to the north
Economy
The region's economy is essentially based on agriculture and tourism, the main resource.
Agriculture produces bananas for the local and metropolitan market, flowers, and Madeira wine which enjoys a great export reputation.
The industry is not very diversified, it is mainly artisanal in nature, with the production of embroidery, tapestries and basketry items.
The European Community has made a significant contribution to infrastructure development through ERDF grants. In particular, there are very important works to adapt the road network, made difficult by the very mountainous configuration of the island.
Tourism
Beach
The town has a small pebble square facing south, facing the Atlantic.
Hiking
For hikers, a very beautiful route along the Levada Nova is classified as a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Forest
Laurel forest is a type of subtropical humid forest found on several of the islands of Macaronesia: Azores, Madeira, and Canary Islands. It has deep soils and is characteristic of the northern slopes subject to mist from the trade winds, with precipitation of around 500 to 1,100 mm and an annual temperature between 15 and 19°C.
These forests are made up of perennial laurel leaves, which can reach up to 40 meters in height, and are home to a rich biotope of understory plants, invertebrates, birds, and bats, some of which are endemic. Origin
Laurel forest originally covered much of the Azores and Madeira, as well as parts of the western Canary Islands, but the forests have been severely reduced by logging, clearing for agriculture and grazing, as well as the invasion of exotic species. The largest Laurel forests are still in Madeira. They are between 300 and 1300 meters above sea level and cover 149.5 km2, or approximately 16% of the island's surface area.
The predominant Lauraceae include Til (Ocotea foetens), laurel (Laurus azorica in Madeira), Vinhático/Viñatigo (Persea indica), and Barbosano/Barbuzano (Apollonias barbujana); other important trees include the Aderno (Heberdenia excelsa), Pau Branco/Paloblanco (Picconia excelsa), Mocanos/Mocán (Visnea mocanera and Pittosporum coriaceum), Sanguinho (Rhamnus glandulosa), and the Folhado (Clethra arborea) and Perado shrubs /Wild orange tree (Ilex perado). The forests are home to an undergrowth rich in ferns and herbs, such as Leitugas (Sonchus spp.), geraniums (Geranium maderense, G. palmatum, and G. rubescens), Estreleiras (Argyranthemum spp.) and the endemic orchid Goodyera macrophylla .
The Madeira Laurel Forest was declared a World Heritage site by UNESCO in 1999.
Return to mainland Portugal and
to the Azores and Madeira islands
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