Gaula (Madeira)

Gaula (Madeira)

Gaula is a Portuguese civil parish, in the municipality) of Santa Cruz in the archipelago of Madeira. In the 2001, the parish resident population included approximately 3092 inhabitants, and covered an area of about 7.07 square kilometres (707 ha), located 7 kilometres (7,000 m) northeast of the district capital of Funchal or 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) from its nearest neighboring municipality, Machico, to the southwest.