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In May 1661, the Captain General of the Canary Islands, Jerónimo de Benavente y Quiñones, moved the headquarters of the captaincy to the city of San Cristóbal de La Laguna on the island of Tenerife. [111] This was due to the fact that this island since the conquest was the most populated, productive and with the highest economic expectations ...
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Geography of the Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (5 C) L. ... Populated places in the Canary Islands (7 C, 1 P) Protected areas of the Canary Islands (3 C, 14 P) S.
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La Palma, like the other islands of the Canary Islands archipelago, is a volcanic ocean island. The volcano rises almost 7 km (4 mi) above the floor of the Atlantic Ocean. [6] There is road access from sea level to the summit at 2,426 m (7,959 ft), [7] which is marked by an outcrop of rocks called Roque de Los Muchachos ("Rock of the Young Men").
The Canary Islands are built upon one of the oldest regions of Earth's oceanic crust (175–147 Ma), part of the slow-moving African plate, in the continental rise section of Northwest Africa's passive continental margin. [9] [10] The rocks under and in the Canary Islands are a record of multiple periods of volcanic activity:
The city was founded in 1478, and considered the de facto (without legal and real recognition) [14] capital of the Canary Islands until the seventeenth century. [14] It is the home of the Canarian Ministry of Presidency (shared in a four-year term with Santa Cruz de Tenerife), as well as half of the ministries and boards of the Canarian ...
El Paso, also known as Ciudad de El Paso, is a Spanish municipality located on the island of La Palma, province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands.. Geographically it is located in the center of the island of La Palma, covering to the west with the Caldera de Taburiente, part of the Aridane Valley, the Cumbre Nueva and the Cumbre Vieja.