Santa Cruz de Tenerife (province)
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| Capital: | Santa Cruz de Tenerife | ||
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| Autonomous community | Canary Islands | ||
| Official language | Spanish | ||
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Area |
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| - Total | 3381 km² | ||
| - Rank | 46th | ||
| - % | 0.67% | ||
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Population |
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| - Total | 956.352 | ||
| - Rank | 14th | ||
| - % | 2.17% | ||
| - Density | 282,86 km-2 | ||
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| Postal Code | 38 | ||
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Parliament |
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| - Congress | 7 | ||
| - Senate | 6 | ||
- For the city, see Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
Santa Cruz de Tenerife is a province of Spain, consisting of the western part of the autonomous community of the Canary Islands. It consists of about half of the Atlantic archipelago, including the islands of Tenerife, La Gomera, El Hierro, and La Palma. Also part of the province of Los Roques de Anaga, Salmor and Garachico.
Its capital is the city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, on the island of Tenerife. Of the 971,647 people (2006) who live in the province, 24% live in the capital. Santa Cruz de Tenerife is the capital of the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands. There are 53 municipalities in the province; see List of municipalities in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Tenerife is the most populated island in the province of the Canary Islands and most populous island of Spain. The island of Tenerife has the highest altitude of Spain (Teide 3718 m). In turn, this island has the largest metropolitan area and largest of the Canary Islands, with 366.85 miles in area (Santa Cruz de Tenerife-San Cristóbal de La Laguna).
The other half of the archipelago makes up the province of Las Palmas.
This province contains three of Spain's national parks, more than any other province: the Parque Nacional de la Caldera de Taburiente on La Palma, the Parque Nacional Garajonay on La Gomera, and the Parque Nacional del Teide on Tenerife, encompassing Teide, Spain's highest mountain and also an inactive volcano. La Laguna (World Heritage Site) is the second city of the island of Tenerife and the third one of the archipelago. El Teide is also a World Heritage Site.
[edit] History
This province was established when in 1927 when the Canarias province (with Santa Cruz de Tenerife as the capital city) divided into two provinces: Las Palmas and the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
[edit] Top Cities
- Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Tenerife): 221,956 inhabitants.
- San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Tenerife): 148,375 inhabitants.
- Arona (Tenerife): 75,903 inhabitants.
- Adeje (Tenerife): 41,002 inhabitants.
- La Orotava (Tenerife): 40,945 inhabitants.
- Granadilla de Abona (Tenerife): 38,866 inhabitants.
- Los Realejos (Tenerife): 37,575 inhabitants.
- Puerto de la Cruz (Tenerife): 31,804 inhabitants.
- Los Llanos de Aridane (La Palma): 20,170 inhabitants.
- Santa Cruz de La Palma (La Palma): 17,132 inhabitants.
- San Sebastián de La Gomera (La Gomera): 8744 inhabitants.
- Valverde (El Hierro): 4938 inhabitants.
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