Country Spain Island Tenerife Demonym(s) Tacoronterso Area 30.09 km² Population 23,929 (2014) | Autonomous community Canary Islands Elevation 510 m (1,670 ft) Time zone CET (UTC+1) Local time Saturday 12:40 AM | |
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Weather 12°C, Wind NE at 0 km/h, 87% Humidity Province Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife | ||
Paseo por tacoronte
Tacoronte is a city and municipality of Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. It is located in the north-east of the island. Mostly rural, the municipality stretches for 30 square kilometers from the volcanic peaks that rise in the center of the island to the Atlantic shore. The municipality seat, also called Tacoronte, lies about 16 km west of the capital, Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Old manorial houses and farms are situated here, as well as vineyards that produce the wine known as Tacoronte-Acentejo.
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- Paseo por tacoronte
- Map of 38350 Tacoronte Santa Cruz de Tenerife Spain
- Elvis crespo en las fiestas del cristo de tacoronte 2012
- References
Map of 38350 Tacoronte, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
The TF-5 motorway passes through the municipality. The Tenerife North Airport is 4 km to the east.
Tacoronte is a toponym of Guanche origin, believed to be derived from Tagoror, meaning "place where the Council of Elders meets". Its territory constituted an ancient menceyato, as the Guanche kingdoms were known, ruled by the mencey Acaymo. After the Spanish conquest of Tenerife, the area was settled by the Portuguese Sebastián Machado, who founded the town of Tacoronte around the hermitage of Santa Catalina that he had built. The town grew during succeeding centuries and in 1911, Alfonso XIII of Spain granted the town the status of municipio.