Santa Cruz de La Palma

Santa Cruz de la Palma
Municipality
Banner Coat airms
Santa Cruz de la Palma Location in the Canary Islands
Coordinates: 28°41′N 17°46′W
Kintra	Spain
Autonomous commonty	Canary Islands
Province	Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Island	La Palma
Foondit	3 Mey 1493
Govrenment
• Alcalde	Sergio Carlos Matos Castro (Partido Socialista Obrero Español (PSOE))
Area
• Total	43.38 km2 (16.75 sq mi)
Elevation	4 m (13 ft)
Population  (2008)
• Total	17,132
• Density	390/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Santacrucero,ra
Time zone	WET
• Summer (DST)	WEST
Postal code	38700
Offeecial leid(s)	Spainyie
Website	Offeecial wabsteid

Santa Cruz de la Palma (Spaingie: Holy Cross o La Palma) is locatit on the eastren pairt o the island o La Palma in the province o Santa Cruz de Tenerife o the Canary Islands. Santa Cruz de la Palma is the seicont lairgest ceety (efter Los Llanos de Aridane) an is the caipital o the island. Santa Cruz de La Palma is linkit wi a main heich-gate encirclin ivery pairt o the island an is locatit north o the La Palma Airport. It is locatit alang a auld lava flow comin oot frae the Caldereta (smaw caldera) a volcano locatit juist sooth o the ceety.

The population o the municipality is 17,265 (2001 census), its population densitie is 398/km² an the aurie is 43.38 km². Aroond 15,000 fowk live athin the ceety limits, wi the remainin population residin in ither dounsets. The ceety is locatit at sea level an the heichest elevation is aroond 1,800 m.

Subdiveesions

• Ceety neebourheids:
  • La Luz
  • San Telmo
  • San Sebastián
  • El Puente
  • Benahoare
  • La Alameda
  • La Calle Real
  • El Pilar
  • El Marquito
• Dounsets:
  • Velhoco
  • Las Nieves
  • La Dehesa
  • La Encarnación
  • El Planto
  • El Carmen
  • Mirca

History

View o Santa Cruz de la Palma

The ceety wis foondit bi Alonso Fernández de Lugo on 3 Mey 1493. It wis locatit atween a river which is situatit bi a cave namit Tedote (nou Cueva de Carías, locatit north o the ceety). The ceety, oreeginally cried Villa del Apurón, servit as a port that connectit routes tae the Americas, exportin guids frae the island such as succarcane. The ceety wis sackit bi pirates an wis later reconstructit an fortifee'd against futur pirate attacks. Famous fortifications include the Castillo de Santa Catalina an Castillo de la Virgen. The economic creesis that affectit the agricultur sector brocht the greatest loss o population in the ceety's history, which limitit its expansion an caused the population tae stabilize an drop tae 11,000. The population did no approach its oreeginal 18,000 again for the next hunder years.

Laund uise an tourism

The coastline an the glen auries are made up o fermlands, the remainin auries aroond Santa Cruz de la Palma an the east central core are urban areas especially hotels, apairtments, an colorful homes uphill northwast.

Santa Cruz de la Palma haes the anerly major port in the island, servin ferry routes tae Cadiz in Spain, as well as tae Tenerife, Los Cristianos an Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Las Palmas on Gran Canaria an Arrecife. The main ferry operators in the port are Naviera Armas an Fred. Olsen Express, an mony cruise line firms visit the port.

Historical population

Year	Population	Chynge	Density
Late-19t century	aroond 18,000	-	-
1900	11,000	-	-
1991	17,205	-	-
1996	17,265	-	-
2001	17,265	-	401.51/km²
2002	18,228	-	-
2003	18,201	-	216.26/km²
2004	17,857	-	399.40/km²

The 1996 population plungit slowly an frae 1996 tae 2001 read unchyngit but buimit again but a little faster but frae the 2002 tae the 2004 census, the population slichtly fell.

Ither

Santa Cruz de La Palma haes schuils, a few lyceums, a gymnasium, kirks, a smaw beach, a smaw port, a post office an a few squares plazas.

Notable residents

• Manolo Blahnik, warld-famous shoemaker

See an aw

• La Gomera
• Leet o municipalities in Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Freemit airtins

• Official website (in Spaingie)

	North: Puntallana
Wast: El Paso	Santa Cruz de la Palma	East: Atlantic Ocean
	Sooth: Breña Alta