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Tías, Las Palmas

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Country
  
Spain

Demonym(s)
  
Tienses

Postal code
  
35572

Area
  
64.61 km²

Population
  
19,658 (2014)

Local time
  
Monday 9:45 PM

Autonomous community
  
Canary Islands

Time zone
  
WET (UTC±0)

Website
  
Official website

Elevation
  
200 m

Province
  
Province of Las Palmas

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Weather
  
16°C, Wind NE at 23 km/h, 75% Humidity

Tías is a town and a municipality in the southern part of the island of Lanzarote, province of Las Palmas, autonomous community of the Canary Islands, Spain. The town Tías is situated 4 km from the south coast and 10 km west of the island capital Arrecife.

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Map of T%C3%ADas, Las Palmas, Spain

Lanzarote's largest tourist resort, Puerto del Carmen, is entirely in the municipality of Tías, and was the location of the first hotels ever built on the island. Other settlements in the municipality are Mácher, La Asomada, Conil, Masdache.

Notable residents

The town of Tías is or has been home to:

  • José Saramago († 2010), Portuguese writer, playwright and journalist, Nobel Prize for Literature 1998
  • Alberto Vazquez-Figueroa, Spanish writer and novelist
  • Helen Lindes, Spanish model, Miss Spain 2000 and runner-up to Miss Universe 2000
  • Guillermina Fernández Díaz, born June 1902, the oldest Canary Island resident

    • Sister towns

  • Adeje, Spain
  • Azinhaga, Portugal (birthplace of José Saramago)
  • Castril, Spain
  • Llanes, Spain

    • References

    Tías, Las Palmas Wikipedia
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