Place:Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Islas Canarias, Spain

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NameSanta Cruz de Tenerife
Alt namesCanary Islandssource: Family History Library Catalog
TypeProvince
Coordinates28.467°N 16.25°W
Located inIslas Canarias, Spain
Contained Places
City municipality
Puerto de La Orotava ( 1772 - 1808 )
Puerto de la Cruz ( 1808 - present )
Inhabited place
La Orotava
Los Llanos de Aridane
San Cristóbal de la Laguna
San Miguel
San Sebastián de la Gomera
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Santa Cruz de la Palma
Valverde
Unknown
Güímar
Hierro
Icod de los Vinos
La Gomera
La Laguna
La Palma
Los Silos
Realejo Alto
Realejo Bajo
Tenerife
Vilaflor
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, also Province of Santa Cruz, is a province of Spain, consisting of the western part of the autonomous community of the Canary Islands. It consists of about half of the Atlantic archipelago: the islands of Tenerife, La Gomera, El Hierro, and La Palma. It occupies an area of . It also includes a series of adjacent roques (those of Salmor, Fasnia, Bonanza, Garachico and Anaga).

Its capital is the city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (commonly known as Santa Cruz), on the island of Tenerife (Spain's most populous island). In 2008 the province had 1,018,510 inhabitants and a density of 313.57 /km2, making it the province of Spain with the sixth highest population density, higher than that of the province of Las Palmas (the eastern half of the Canary Islands). 24% live in the capital. Santa Cruz de Tenerife is the capital of the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands. There are 54 municipalities in the province; see List of municipalities in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Tenerife is the most populated island of the Canary Islands and most populous island of Spain. The island of Tenerife has the highest altitude of Spain (Teide 3718 m).

Earlier issued vehicle license plates in this province bear the first two letters "TF" (named after Tenerife). Nowadays the plates share the same numbering system as in mainland Spain.

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