La Matanza de Acentejo
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Autonomous region:	Canary Islands
Province:	Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Island:	Tenerife
Area:	14.11 km² some reads 14.79 km²
Population:	7,587 (2001)
Population density:	512.98/km²
Elevation: Lowest: Centre: Highest:	Atlantic Ocean 520 m southeastern part
Location:	28.41667/28°25' N lat. 16.433/16°26' W long.
Municipal code:	E-38025
Website:	www.matanceros.com/inicio.htm

La Matanza de Acentejo (Spanish meaning Slaughter of Acentejo in which the Spanish won in 1494) is located on the north coast of Tenerife. It is located 15 km E of Puerto de la Cruz, about 23 km SSW of the island's capital, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, NE of Los Cristianos and Las Américas of Arona and WSW of the Los Rodeos Airport. Jump to: navigation, search Image File history File links TF_LaMatanza. ... Jump to: navigation, search This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Categories: Spain geography stubs | Canary Islands | Provinces of Spain ... Flag of Tenerife Tenerife (English also Teneriffe), a Spanish island, is the largest of the seven Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa. ... This article explains the meaning of area as a physical quantity. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Elevation has several related meanings: Geography The elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or possibly some other fixed point). ... Flag of Tenerife Tenerife (English also Teneriffe), a Spanish island, is the largest of the seven Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa. ... Santa Cruz de Tenerife (2003 population 220,022) is a Spanish city on the island of Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. ... Tenerife North - Los Rodeos Airport (IATA: TFN, ICAO: GCXO) is one of two international airports on the island of Tenerife, the other one being the much larger and busier Reina Sofía Airport, in the south of the island. ...

The population is 7,490 (ISTAC, 2003), its density is 448.77/km² and the area is 14.11 km². The elevation is 520 m. Santa Úrsula is linked with the TF2 superhighway and the old highway linking Icod de los Vinos and the capital. Farmlands are in the valley areas and within the Atlantic, urban areas covers much of the area and the mountain and the hills are to the south. Its climate is vegetation.

Much of the area were made up of farmlands, most of the farmlands are urbanized while most of the population shifted from rural to urban and tourism. The population are mainly urban today and its industry are agriculture and tourism.

In historic times before the arrival of the Spaniards, Acentejo was part of the menceyato (kingdom) of Taoro. The first and the second battles of Acentejo took place in 1494 in which the Spanish won these two battles and defeated and slaughtered the Guanches by slaughtering the Guanches mainly with an epidemic. It occurred in present-day Barranco de San Antonio in which the Guanches called it Farfan. These were hard to defeat the Spanish troops of Alonso Fernández de Lugo who intended to culminate the conquest of Tenerife, the place name comes from after the slaughter La Matanza, the Spanish gave the name to this place due to a huge loss between the conquering rows. Jump to: navigation, search Taoro was one of the nine menceyatos located in todays La Orotava wich divided Tenerife in which after the death of great mencey Tinerfe, Taoro became divided. ... The First Battle of Acentejo was a battle that took place on the island of Tenerife between the Guanches and an alliance of Spaniards, other Europeans, associated natives (mostly from other islands), on May 31, 1494, during the Spanish conquest of this island. ... The Second Battle of Acentejo was a battle that took place on December 25, 1495, between the invading Spanish forces and the natives of the island of Tenerife, known as Guanches. ... Guanches (also: Guanchis or Guanchos) were the aboriginal inhabitants of the Canary Islands, now extinct. ... Alonso Luis Fernández de Lugo (?-1525) was born in Sanlúcar de Barrameda, in Spain, during the reign of Ferdinand and Isabella. ...

Historical population

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Other

La Matanza de Acentejo has schools, a few lyceums, a gymnasia, churches, a post office and a few squares plazas. Plaza is a Spanish word related to field which describes an open urban public space, such as a city square. ...

External links

• Tenerife Resorts The island's number one web portal
• Map and aerial photos
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  • Satellite images: Google
• Coordinates: 28° 25′ 0″ N, 16° 28′ 0″ W

See also

• Tenerife
• List of municipalities in Santa Cruz de Tenerife

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