Fuencaliente de La Palma

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Fuencaliente de La Palma
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Fuencaliente de La Palma
Location in Canary Islands
Coordinates: 28°29′N17°50′W / 28.483°N 17.833°W / 28.483; -17.833 Coordinates: 28°29′N17°50′W / 28.483°N 17.833°W / 28.483; -17.833
Country Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Autonomous community Flag of the Canary Islands.svg  Canary Islands
Province Provincia de Santa Cruz de Tenerife - Escudo.svg  Santa Cruz de Tenerife
IslandFlag of La Palma with CoA.svg  La Palma
Area
[1]
  Total56.42 km2 (21.78 sq mi)
Elevation
699 m (2,293 ft)
Population
 (2018) [2]
  Total1,709
  Density30/km2 (78/sq mi)

Fuencaliente de La Palma, also Fuencaliente (Spanish meaning "hot spring"), is a municipality in the southern part of the island La Palma in the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife of the Canary Islands, Spain. The seat of the municipality is the village Los Canarios. It has been the seat since 1837. The population of the municipality is 1,798 (2013) [3] and the area is 56.42 km². [1]

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Geography

The municipality of Fuencaliente covers the southern tip of the island La Palma. The landscape is dominated by the volcanic ridge Cumbre Vieja. The southernmost volcano on this ridge, Teneguía, last erupted in 1971. The fertile soil is used for growing grapes (malvasia wine) and bananas. The yearly production of wine from its 800 ha of vineyards is 2 million litres.[ citation needed ] There are salt evaporation ponds near the lighthouse, on the southernmost point of the island. Fuencaliente is located 23 km southwest of the island capital Santa Cruz de la Palma.

Subdivisions

History

Before the arrival of the Spanish in the 15th century, the territory was occupied by the Guanches as Ahenguareme. The origin of the name Fuencaliente is a nearby spring known as Fuente Santa located near the coastline which is now known as Playa de Echentive and was separated by lava and eliminated the springs in the 18th century. In 1971, Teneguía created a volcanic eruption and caused some damages to most of the properties. It also added small hectares of land to the island. The Canarian Council of Public Works in collaboration with the municipality had made a sounding in an area where water under the ground is at 60 °C. The objective in the future is that a gallery will be built in the area to extract these waters and take advantage of them in a special pool.

Sites of interest

Historical population

YearPopulation
19001,650
19101,833
19201,841
19301,966
19402,212
19502,270
19601,943
19701,749
19801,664
19901,822
19911,731
19961,735
20011,833
20021,801
20031,857
20041,877
20051,913
20131,798
Faro de Fuencaliente Leuchtturm.JPG
Faro de Fuencaliente
Salinas Teneguia Salinas de Fuencaliente 2005.jpg
Salinas Teneguía

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References

  1. 1 2 Instituto Canario de Estadística, area
  2. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  3. Instituto Canario de Estadística Archived 2014-04-19 at the Wayback Machine , population