Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Santa Cruz de Tenerife (commonly kent as Santa Cruz) is the caipital (jointly wi Las Palmas de Gran Canaria), seicont-maist muckle ceety o the Autonomous Community o the Canary Islands an the 21st lairgest ceety in Spain, wi a population o 222,417 in 2009. Santa Cruz is the seicont lairgest ceety an metropolitan aurie o the European Union ootside Europe. Santa Cruz de Tenerife is an aa the caipital o the island o Tenerife (maist populatit o archipelago an Spain) an caipital o the province o Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Locatit in northeast quadrant o Tenerife, aboot 210 kilometres (130 mi) aff the northwastren coast o Africae athin the Atlantic Ocean. Atween the 1833 territorial diveesion o Spain an 1927 Santa Cruz de Tenerife wis the sole caipital o the Canary Islands, till 1927 when a decree ordered that the caipital o the Canary Islands be shared, as it remains at present. The port is o great importance an is the communications hub atween Europe, Africae an Americas, wi cruise ships arrivin frae mony naitions. The ceety is the nerve centre on domestic an inter-island communications in the Canary Islands.
Santa Cruz de Tenerife | |
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 Frae the tap, left tae richt: Iglesia Matriz de la Concepción, Mercado Nuestra Señora de África, Puente Serrador, Torres de Santa Cruz, Panoramic ceety, Auditorio de Tenerife, Playa de Las Teresitas an Plaza de España. | |
 Banner  Coat airms | |
| Eik-name(s): "La Capital Chicharrera", "La Capital Tinerfeña", "La Capital Santacrucera", "The Sydney o the Atlantic".[1] | |
  Santa Cruz de Tenerife | |
| Coordinates: 28°28′N 16°15′W / 28.467°N 16.250°WCoordinates: 28°28′N 16°15′W / 28.467°N 16.250°W | |
| Kintra | Spain |
| Autonomous commonty | Canary Islands |
| Province | Santa Cruz de Tenerife |
| Island | Tenerife |
| Foondit | 3 Mey 1494, foondit as "Real de la Santa Cruz" |
| Govrenment | |
| • Alcalde | Excmo. Sr. Don José Manuel Bermúdez Esparza ([(CC-PNC-CCN)]) |
| Area | |
| • Municipality | 150.56 km2 (58.13 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 4 m (13 ft) |
| Population (2018)[4] | |
| • Municipality | 204,856 |
| • Density | 1,400/km2 (3,500/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 538,000[3] |
| Demonym(s) | Santacrucero, ra Chicharrero, ra |
| Time zone | WET |
| • Summer (DST) | WEST |
| Postal code | 38001-38010 |
| Dialin code | [(+34 922 + 6 deegits)] |
| Leid | Spainyie |
| Website | Offeecial wabsteid |
Sister ceeties
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Aranda de Duero, Spain
San Antonio, USA- Santa Cruz, Californie, USA
- Atlanta, USA
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivie
Caracas, Venezuela- Cádiz, Spain
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Nice, Fraunce
Santa Cruz del Norte, Cuba
Guatemala Ceety, Guatemala- Miami-Dade Coonty, Florida, USA
Saunt Petersburg, Roushie
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
References
eedit- ↑ El nuevo perfil de Santa Cruz de Tenerife con el Auditorio
- ↑ Instituto Canario de Estadística, area
- ↑ Demographia: World Urban Areas – Demographia, 2015
- ↑ . Instituto Nacional de Estadística. Cite has empty unkent parameter:
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