La Frontera (El Hierro)
| La Frontera municipality | |||
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| coat of arms | Map of the Canary Islands | ||
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| Autonomous Community : | Canary Islands | ||
| Province : | Santa Cruz de Tenerife | ||
| Island: | El Hierro | ||
| Coordinates | 27 ° 45 ′ N , 18 ° 0 ′ W | ||
| Height : | 300 msnm | ||
| Area : | 80.12 km² | ||
| Residents : | 4,093 (Jan 1, 2019) | ||
| Population density : | 51.09 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Postal code : | 38911 | ||
| Municipality number ( INE ): | 38013 | ||
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| Website : | www.aytofrontera.org | ||
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La Frontera is one of the three municipalities of the Canary Island El Hierro and occupies the northwestern part of the island. The place of the same name is the administrative seat of the municipality. On September 15, 2007, the former southern part of the municipality of La Frontera became the independent municipality of El Pinar .
General
The town of La Frontera and its district of Tigaday have together overtaken El Hierro's capital Valverde in size and population. The town hall (Ayuntamiento) of the municipality is in the district of Tigaday and has been its administrative seat since 1912.
The beautiful old church Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria is located in the Plaza de Candelaria , from where the only street, the Carretera General , winds in many serpentines into the Gulf Valley. The Lucha-Canaria-Arena is right next to the church . Here the Canary Islands wrestling match, the Lucha Canaria , takes place in the open air .
Places of the community
The population figures in brackets are from 2005.
- La Frontera (1,354 inhabitants)
- Tigaday (1,231 inhabitants)
- Sabinosa (314 inhabitants)
- Las Puntas (234 inhabitants)
swell
- ↑ 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).
