Los Llanos de Aridane
Map
Statistics
Autonomous region:	Canary Islands
Province:	Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Island:	La Palma
Area:	35.79 km², some reads 35.68 km²
Population:	19,659 (2004)
Population density:	550.98/km²
Length of coastline	6.43 km
Elevation: Lowest: Centre: Highest:	Atlantic Ocean 350 m valley to the north
Postal code:	E-38760
Location:	28.62433/28°39'32" N lat. 17.932833/17°55'59" W long.
Municipal code:	E-38024
Car designation:	TF
Politics
Mayor:	Juan Ramón Hernández Gómez (CC)

Los Llanos de Aridane is a municipality in the Canary Islands on the island of La Palma in the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Officially after the early-2000s, Los Llanos de Aridane is finally larger than the capital and became the only municipality in the Canary Islands to be larger than the island capital in population and is the most populated as well in La Palma. It is situated on the westcentral and the southwestern parts of the island of La Palma. Los Llanos de Aridane is linked with the highway that encircles the whole island and to El Paso and the capital and is located southwest of Santa Cruz de La Palma and west of the La Palma Airport. Image File history File links LP_LosLlanosdeAridane. ... 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 ... Jump to: navigation, search This article discusses one of the Canary Islands. ... This article explains the meaning of area as a physical quantity. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 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). ... Postal codes were introduced in Spain in 1976, when CTT introduced automated sorting. ... A mayor (from the Latin maīor, meaning larger,greater) is the politician who serves as chief executive official of some types of municipalities. ... This article is part of or related to the Liberalism series Categories: Politics stubs | Liberal related stubs | Liberal parties | Spanish political parties ... Jump to: navigation, search This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Jump to: navigation, search This article discusses one of the Canary Islands. ... Categories: Spain geography stubs | Canary Islands | Provinces of Spain ... Jump to: navigation, search This article discusses one of the Canary Islands. ... Santa Cruz de la Palma (Spanish for the Holy Cross) is located on the eastern part of the island of La Palma in the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife of the Canary Islands. ...

The population is 19,659 ISTAC, 2004), its density is 54.91/km² and the area is 31.1 km². The elevation is 600 m

Farmlands dominate the western and central parts as well as the coastline, forests dominate the eastern and northern parts as well as grasslands, mountains and the Caldera de Taburiente to the north. The majority of the population are rural. View of the massive walls of the Caldera Parque Nacional de la Caldera de Taburiente is a national park on the island of La Palma, Spain. ...

Before the spanish conquest, Aridane was a settlement in the westcentral part of La Palma.

The postcode is 38760.

Subdivisions

• Los Llanos
• Argual
• La Laguna
• Todoque
• Las Manchas
• Puerto Naos
• Triana
• El Remo

Historical population

The population between 1991 and 1996 sprouted but cooled off in the 1997 census and reached over 20,000 in the 2000s and surpassed Santa Cruz de La Palma's population being the only island in the Canary Islands to be larger than its capital city as well as the density over 500/km², formerly the second, but after 2001, the population slowly declined and after 2003 dropped below 20,000. Jump to: navigation, search 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2002(MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2003(MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Other

Los Llanos de Aridane schools, lyceums (middle school), gymnasia (secondary school), churches, a post office, shops and 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 Information about Los Llanos de Aridane
• Map and aerial photos
  • Street map: Street map from Mapquest, MapPoint or [1]
  • Satellite images: Google
• Coordinates: 28° 39′ 32″ N, 17° 54′ 59″ W

See also

• La Palma
• List of municipalities in Santa Cruz de Tenerife

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Tijarafe is a municipality in the Canary Islands in the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. ... Tazacorte is a municipality in the Canary Islands in the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. ... El Paso (first part, Spanish for the countryside) is a municipality in the Canary Islands in the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. ... Jump to: navigation, search Fuencaliente, also Fuencaliente de la Palma (Spanish meaning hot spring) is located on the southern tip of La Palma in the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife of the Canary Islands. ...