El Paso (La Palma)

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El Paso parish
coat of arms Map of the Canary Islands
El Paso Coat of Arms
El Paso (La Palma) (Canary Islands)
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Basic data
Autonomous Community : Canary Islands
Province : Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Coordinates 28 ° 39 ′  N , 17 ° 53 ′  W Coordinates: 28 ° 39 ′  N , 17 ° 53 ′  W
Height : 630  msnm
Area : 135.92 km²
Residents : 7,622 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density : 56.08 inhabitants / km²
Postal code : 38750
Municipality number  ( INE ): 38027
administration
Mayoress : Sergio Javier Rodríguez Fernández ( CC )
Address of the municipal administration: Avenida Islas Canarias, 18
Website : www.elpaso.es/ayto/
Location of the municipality
El Paso map.jpg

El Paso has been an independent municipality on the Canary Island of La Palma , which belongs to Spain and belongs to the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife , since 1837 .

character

El Paso is the largest of the 14 municipalities of La Palma in terms of area. It is located in the center of the island, borders almost every other municipality (with the exception of Tazacorte ) and is the only one with no access to the Atlantic .

In the area of ​​the municipality of El Paso there are predominantly arable land and forests with Canarian pine . The Caldera de Taburiente , a large caldera, belongs to the municipality . This area has been designated as a national park since 1954 .

The majority of the population is rural. The agricultural products include in particular wine, almonds and some types of fruit.

In the Barranco de las Canales , below a cemetery, there are the rock engravings by El Cementerio and La Fajana , which belong to the cultural legacy of the indigenous people, the Benahoaritas .

El Paso - Panorama, looking north

Places of the community

Places of the community

The population figures in brackets are from 2013.

  • El Paso (2,219)
  • Paso de Abajo (1,338)
  • Tajuya (1,397)
  • La Rosa (1,209)
  • Tacande (774)
  • Las Manchas (659)
  • El Barrial (332)

Population development

El Paso experienced strong population growth in the 1980s (1981 to 1990: +22 percent), which has since weakened or at times turned into a slight population decline.

year population change
1900 4.038
1910 4,399 +361
1920 4,665 +266
1930 4,885 +220
1940 5,087 +202
1950 5,407 +320
1960 5,591 +184
1970 5,534 -57
year population change
1981 5,862 +328
1990 7.154 +1,292
2001 7,358 +204
2005 7,404 +46
2009 7,815 +411
2011 7,665 −150
2013 7,928 +263

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero . Population statistics from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (population update).
  2. ↑ http://www.ine.es/nomen2/ficheros.do INEbase (database of the Instituto Nacional de Estadística)

Web links

Commons : El Paso  - collection of images, videos, and audio files