Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province

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Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Canary Islands ,  Spain
Coat of arms of the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife
coat of arms 		Flag of the Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife
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Basic data
Autonomous Community : Canary Islands
Capital : Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Official language : Spanish
Area : 3,381 km²
Residents : 1,032,983 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density : 305.53 inhabitants / km²
ISO 3166-2 : ES-TF
Location of the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife
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Santa Cruz de Tenerife is a Spanish province . It consists of the Canary Islands Tenerife , La Palma , La Gomera and El Hierro . The capital of the province is Santa Cruz de Tenerife . Together with the province of Las Palmas it forms the autonomous community of the Canary Islands .

While most of the 50 provinces of Spain have a provincial representation, a provincial government and a provincial administration, there are in the autonomous communities of Spain that consist of only one province, i.e. Asturias , Cantabria , La Rioja , Madrid , Murcia and Navarra , as well as in the autonomous ones Communities of the Balearic and Canary Islands do not have such facilities.

Through the Statute of Autonomy of 1982, the tasks of provincial representation, provincial government and provincial administration of the provinces of Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria were transferred to the institutions of the Cabildos and the Comunidád Autónoma de Canarias . The provinces are also constituencies in electing the Cortes Generales .

The land area of ​​the province occupies 0.67% of Spain, ranks 47th among the 50 Spanish provinces . With 2.18% of the population of Spain, the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife ranks 14th.

Largest communities

As of January 1, 2019

local community Residents
Santa Cruz de Tenerife 207.312
San Cristóbal de La Laguna 157.503
Arona 81,216
Adeje 47,869
La Orotava 42,029
Granadilla de Abona 50,146
Los Realejos 36,402
Puerto de la Cruz 30,468
Candelaria 27,985
Icod de los Vinos 23,254
Tacoronte 24.134
Los Llanos de Aridane 20,467
Guía de Isora 21,368
Güímar 20,190
El Rosario 17,370
San Miguel de Abona 20,886
Santa Cruz de La Palma 15,716
Santa Úrsula 14,679
Santiago del Teide 11,111
Tegueste 11,294

Population development of the province

Web links

Commons : Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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. ^ Estatuto de Autonomía de Canarias. (PDF; 375 kB) Ley Orgánica 10/1982, de 10 de agosto, reformada por Ley Orgánica 4/1996, de 30 de diciembre. In: BOE. Cortes Generales, December 30, 1996, accessed June 20, 2013 (Spanish).