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| Autonomous region: | Canary Islands |
| Province: | Santa Cruz de Tenerife |
| Island: | Tenerife |
| Area: | 162. The Canary Islands ( English pronunciation kəˈnæriː ˈaɪləndz Spanish: Islas Canarias, ˈizlas kaˈnarjas are a Spanish 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 Tenerife (previously known and spelled as "Teneriffe" in English before mass tourism adopted the Spanish spelling a Spanish Island, is the largest Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 43 km² |
| Population: | 30,769 (2001) |
| Population density: | 189. In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 78/km² |
| Elevation: Lowest: Centre: Highest: |
Atlantic Ocean 500 m Montaña Grande |
| Length of coastline: | about 15 km |
| Postal code: | - |
| Location: | 28. The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. Postal codes were introduced and standardized in Spain in 1976 when Correos (the national postal service of Spain introduced automated mail sorting In Geography, location is a position or point in Physical space that something occupies on Earths' surface 1667/28°7' N lat. 16. 5833/16°35' W long. |
Granadilla de Abona is a municipality of Tenerife, located in the south of the island, occupying an area of 155 square kilometers. A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly denotes a City, Town, or Village, or Tenerife (previously known and spelled as "Teneriffe" in English before mass tourism adopted the Spanish spelling a Spanish Island, is the largest Its population in 1991 was 17,141. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. In recent years, the population has greatly increased due to an influx of immigrants, many of them illegal, from Western Sahara, Colombia, Cuba, and other African and Latin American countries. Western Sahara ( Arabic: الصحراء الغربية; transliterated: as-Ṣaḥrā' al-Gharbīyah; Sahara Occidental is a territory Colombia (kəˈlʌmbɪə officially the Republic of Colombia () is a country in northwestern South America. The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la
The municipality extends from the altitudinous center of the island -the mountain of Guajara (2,718 meters) is situated in this municipality- to the Atlantic Ocean. Guajara is the second-highest mountain on the island, after El Teide. Mount Teide or in Spanish El Teide, is an active though dormant Volcano which last erupted in 1909 from the El Chinyero vent on the Santiago (northwestern rift The municipality’s landscape, similar to the entire south of the island, is dry and desert-like.
Reina Sofía Airport is located in this municipality, as well as the beachside town of El Médano ("The Sand Dune"), where many important windsurfing competitions are held. Tenerife South Airport, previously known as Tenerife South-Reina Sofia Airport, is one of two international airports located on the island of Tenerife, one of El Médano ( Spanish, "The Sand dune " is a town in the municipality of Granadilla de Abona, on the island of Tenerife, one of Windsurfing is a surface water sport using a windsurf board also commonly called a sailboard usually two to five meters long and powered by a single sail La Montaña Roja ("The Red Mountain"), a volcanic cone located in El Médano, is a protected natural preserve, along with five other “espacios naturales,” which comprise 25% of the municipality’s total area. Plans to build an industrial and commercial port in this municipality along a 5-kilometer (3. 1 mile) sector along the coast, from Barranco del Río to Montaña Pelada, have been discussed but not implemented, due to concerns about the environmental damage such a development would cause. [1] There is a wind farm (parque eólico) in this municipality as well. A wind farm is a group of Wind turbines in the same location used for production of electric power [2]
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Communities
The municipality's main town is Granadilla de Abona; other towns include San Isidro, El Cabezo, Castro, Los Abrigos, Charco del Pino, Montaña de Yaco, El Salto, and Los Llanos. Los Abrigos is a small fishing village in Granadilla de Abona, Tenerife.
Historical population
| Year | Population | Change | Density |
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| 1991 | 16,884 | - | - |
| 1996 | 18,508 | - | - |
| 2001 | 21,135 | - | 130. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. 46/km² |
| 2002 | 27,224 | - | - |
| 2003 | 28,927 | - | 178. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. 09/km² |
| 2004 | 30,769 | - | 189. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " 78/km² |
History
Abona was the name of a Guanche menceyato, or kingdom, that existed in this region of the island at the time of Spanish conquest in the late fifteenth century. See also Canary Islands in pre-colonial times Guanches (also Guanchis or Guanchos) now extinct as a distinct people were the first known Founded around 1445, Abona was ruled by Atguaxoña, son of Axerax. It extended from the Río de Chasna to Adeje, from the Barranco de Herques, to Güimar. Communities Many communities of Adeje are major tourist hot spots Other Güímar has schools lyceums a few gymnasia banks churches beaches and squares Plazas ' The Spanish toponym of Granadilla does not appear until the end of the sixteenth century, but the settlement of the area by Europeans began at the time of conquest. Toponymy refers to the scientific study of place-names ( toponyms) their origins meanings use and Typology.
The Bay of El Médano was the last stop for provisions for Ferdinand Magellan and Juan Sebastián Elcano during the circumnavigation of the world. Ferdinand Magellan (Fernão de Magalhães fɨɾˈnɐ̃ũ dɨ mɐgɐˈʎɐ̃ĩʃ Fernando de Magallanes (Spring 1480 &ndash April 27 1521 Mactan Island, Cebu Juan Sebastián del Cano, then Elcano ( Getaria, in the Basque province of Guipúzcoa, former Kingdom of Castile, Spain The expedition's cartographer and translator, Antonio Pigafetta, left this description of the place: "On Tuesday, September 20, in the same year [1519] we departed from the place called Sanlúcar [de Barrameda], heading southwest, and before the end of the month, on the 26th, we arrived at an island that is called Tenerife, at 28 degrees longitude, to acquire meat, water, and firewood. Antonio Pigafetta (c 1491 was an Italian Scholar born in Vicenza. We remained there for three days and a half; later we approached another port on the same island, Monte Rosso [Montaña Roja] by name, lingering there for two days…On Monday, October 3, at midnight, we departed southwards. . . "[1]
Records indicate that a church existed in the municipality in 1575. A Franciscan convent was founded in February 1665. The term Franciscan is commonly used to refer to members of Catholic St. Peter of Saint Joseph Betancur (1626-1667), spent some time in a little cave situated near the present-day town of El Médano. Brother Peter of Saint Joseph Betancur ( March 21, 1626 — April 25, 1667) called Hermano Pedro de San José Betancurt or more simply A cave is a natural underground void large enough for a human to enter The cave is now the site of a small shrine dedicated to the saint.
Granadilla de Abona acquired the status of a municipality in the nineteenth century, and a highway linking it to other parts of the island in the 1930s. Previously, travel to other parts of the island was only possibly by boat, which departed from the seaside towns of El Médano and Los Abrigos.
Other
Granadilla de Abona has schools, a concert hall, a gymnasium, banks, churches, a beaches and a few squares (plazas). Plaza ( / latin america) is a Spanish word related to "field" which describes an open urban Public space, such as a City square.
Notes
- ^ Treinta Años del Puerto Industrial y Comercial de Granadilla de Abona - Ecoportal.net
- ^ http://www.aeeolica.org/mapaeolico/html/canarias.html
External links
- Official Website
- GRANADILLA DE ABONA: Al abrigo de los Volcanes
- General Information
- Abona: La Ultima Resistencia Guanche a la Esclavitud (in Spanish; history of Guanche menceyato)
- Map and aerial photos
- Street map: Street map from Mapquest, MapPoint or Google
- Satellite images: Google
- Coordinates:
| North: La Orotava | ||
| West: Vilaflor | Granadilla de Abona | East: Arico |
| Southwest: San Miguel de Abona | South: Atlantic Ocean |
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