Tacoronte
| Tacoronte municipality | |||
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| coat of arms | Map of the Canary Islands | ||
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| Basic data | |||
| Autonomous Community : | Canary Islands | ||
| Province : | Santa Cruz de Tenerife | ||
| Island: | Tenerife | ||
| Coordinates | 28 ° 28 ′ N , 16 ° 23 ′ W | ||
| Area : | 30.09 km² | ||
| Residents : | 24,134 (Jan. 1, 2019) | ||
| Population density : | 802.06 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Postal code : | E-38350 | ||
| Municipality number ( INE ): | 38043 | ||
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| Mayor : | José Daniel Díaz Armas (as of 2020) | ||
| Address of the municipal administration: | Plaza del Cristo, 1 38350 Tacoronte |
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| Website : | www.tacoronte.es | ||
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Tacoronte ( Guanche Tagoror ) is a city in the northeast of the Canary Island of Tenerife with 24,134 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) and an area of 30.09 km². It is connected to the provincial capital Santa Cruz de Tenerife to the east via the TF-5 northern motorway . Neighboring communities are San Cristóbal de La Laguna in the east, El Rosario in the south and El Sauzal in the west.
Historical development
After the conquest of Tenerife by the troops of Queen Isabella of Castile at the beginning of the 16th century, the majority of the later municipality area was given to the conquistador Sebastián Machado from Guimarães ( Portugal ). He had the predecessor of the parish church of Santa Catalina built. The first settlement in this area was formed around this chapel . In 1560 the village had 342 inhabitants and its own mayor.
In 1649 an Augustinian monastery was built above the Santa Catalina church on the site where a chapel of St. Sebastian had been located since the beginning of the 16th century . The associated church was built after 1664.
At the beginning of the 1680s, the crisis in viticulture also made itself felt in Tacoronte. Many young men emigrated to Cuba and Venezuela in the period that followed . In 1787 the population consisted of 2,662 people, of which 1,563 were women and 1,099 men. The tendency to emigrate continued in the following centuries. Relations between the people of Tacorontes and Havana and Caracas are of particular importance. A number of the works of art in the churches come from donations from emigrated and, in some cases, returned people or their descendants.
When the tram from Santa Cruz de Tenerife was laid via La Laguna in 1901 and the terminus above the previous city center of Tacoronte was put into operation on July 27, 1904, the economic activity of the place shifted there. In 1910, 5071 people lived in what is now the municipality of Tacoronte. In 1911 Tacoronte received city rights. Since that time there has been a municipal administration independent of La Laguna with a mayor (Alcalde-Presidente) who is the chairman of the city council and the head of the city administration (Excmo. Ayuntamiento de la Ciudad de Tacoronte).
Economic development
Since the beginning of the 16th century, the population lived mainly from agriculture. The economic development of the village is characterized by subsistence farming . All kinds of grain, potatoes and onions were grown. The viticulture , and for export, played a role until the end of the 19th century. In an interim phase, the breeding of cochineal became a source of income. At the beginning of the 20th century, however, the export of bananas never gained the importance it did in Santa Úrsula or Puerto de la Cruz . The hotel Camacho, which was built in Tacoronte in the British-Victorian colonial style at the beginning of the century, gave rise to the first signs of tourism. Today (2012) there are some small hotels that are not directly on the sea. The Real Club de Golf de Tenerife golf course is located on the city limits of La Laguna . The importance of tourism for Tacoronte can also be seen in the fact that there are some settlements in which foreign pensioners live and that many Tacoronte residents work in the tourist centers. Since the late 1980s, viticulture has regained importance. While in the period before 1990 the viticulture was more sideline for self-sufficiency , the owners of the vineyards now organized themselves in a cooperative (Viña Norte) and were the first to receive a Denominación de Origen , namely Tacoronte-Acentejo , on the island .
The farmers' market (Mercadillo del agricultor), which takes place on Saturdays and Sundays in the San Juan district on the road towards Tejina , is also important - not only for tourism . In this market, as in similar markets in other parts of the island, with few exceptions, only products that have been produced on the territory of the municipality can be sold.
Culture and landscape protection
In 1980 part of the city was placed under monument protection as the Conjunto histórico-artístico . In the ordinance, around 90 buildings in the vicinity of the Santa Catalina church and in the vicinity of the former Augustinian monastery are listed individually. In addition, the regulation refers to the Casa de la Alhóndiga , el Calvario , various dragon trees , as well as the churches of San Jerónimo , San Juan and de la Caridad . In 2007 the Acantilados de Tacoronte y Barranco de Guayonge and in 2008 the Yacimiento Arqueológico J. Fenández - La Fuentecilla were placed under protection as Archaeological Areas (Zona arqueológica). In 2008, the production of turrón from Tacoronte, an almond or nut nougat confectionery (Actividad Turronera de Tacoronte), was provisionally entered in the register of protected cultural assets ( Spanish Bien de Interés Cultural ).
Large areas of the sea coast, but particularly the laurel of Agua García, are under conservation .
Residents
| year | Residents | Inhabitants / km² |
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| 1991 | 17,074 | |
| 1996 | 19,056 | |
| 2001 | 20,295 | 676.5 |
| 2002 | 21,442 | |
| 2003 | 21,778 | 703.8 |
| 2004 | 21,986 | 725.4 |
| 2005 | 22,384 | |
| 2006 | 22,695 | |
| 2007 | 22,943 | 762.5 |
| 2008 | 23,369 | |
| 2009 | 23,562 | 783.1 |
| 2014 | 23,929 | 795.3 |
| 2016 | 23,772 | 790.0 |
| 2019 | 24.134 | 806.1 |
sons and daughters of the town
- María Rosa Alonso (1909–2011), philologist and writer , born in Tacoronte
- Óscar Domínguez (1906–1958), artist, spent his youth in Tacoronte
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ Manuel Hernández González: Tenerife, Patrimonio Histórico y Cultural . Editorial Rueda, Madrid 2002, ISBN 84-7207-134-0 , p. 99 ff . (Spanish).
- ↑ Enrique Acosta Dorta: 100 Años de Historia en Imágenes . Tomo I. Santa Cruz de Tenerife 2000, ISBN 84-607-0944-2 , p. 41 (Spanish).
- ↑ Viticulture in Tenerife. In: kanaren-virtuell.de. Retrieved April 15, 2020 .
- ↑ Real Club de Golf de Tenerife. Retrieved April 4, 2020 (Spanish).
- ↑ Manuel Iglesias et al. Translation Wolfgang Behschnitt: Tenerife, wines, culinary art, sights . Vino y Gastronomía, Madrid 1992, ISBN 84-88289-00-6 , p. 144 .
- ↑ Real decreto 3047/1980. (PDF; 90 kB) December 12, 1980, accessed on November 13, 2012 (Spanish).
- ↑ DECRETO 87/2007, de 8 de mayo, por el que se declara Bien de Interés Cultural con categoría de Zona Arqueológica “Los Acantilados de Tacoronte y El Barranco de Guayonge”. May 8, 2007, Retrieved November 13, 2012 (Spanish).
- ↑ ANUNCIO de 21 de octubre de 2008, por el que se hace pública la Resolución de 17 de octubre de 2008, que incoa expediente de declaración de Bien de Interés Cultural, con categoría de Conocimiento y Actividad Tradicional de Ámbito Local, a favor de la Actividad Turronera de Tacoronte. Gobierno de Canarias, November 6, 2008, accessed November 13, 2012 (Spanish).