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Diocese of Canarias The Iglesia de El Salvador is the Catholic mother church and parish of Santa Cruz de La Palma , the capital of La Palma , one of the Spanish Canary Isles . It was built around 1500 and modified and expanded several times.
La Palma (Spanish: [la ˈpalma] ⓘ, locally [lɐ ˈpɑ(l)mɐ]), also known as La isla bonita (English: The Beautiful Island) and historically San Miguel de La Palma, is the most northwesterly island of the Canary Islands, Spain, which is a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago in Macaronesia in the North Atlantic Ocean. La Palma has an ...
Santa Cruz de La Palma has the privilege of having the first democratically elected town hall in Spain. The population of the municipality is 16,330 (2013), [ 3 ] its area is 43.38 km 2 . [ 1 ] Around 13,000 people live within the city limits, with the remaining population residing in other settlements.
La Palma 46.9 km 2 (18.1 sq mi) 1954 Part of the La Palma Biosphere Reserve since 2002 Garajonay National Park: La Gomera 39.86 km 2 (15.39 sq mi) 1981 World Heritage Site since 1986 Teide National Park: Tenerife 189.9 km 2 (73.3 sq mi) 1954 World Heritage Site since 2007 Timanfaya National Park: Lanzarote 51.07 km 2 (19.72 sq mi) 1974
Roque de los Muchachos Observatory (Spanish: Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos, ORM) is an astronomical observatory located in the municipality of Garafía on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands, Spain. The observatory site is operated by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, based on nearby Tenerife.
The ecoregion covers an area of 4,693 km 2.The islands are mountainous and volcanic in origin. Teide on Tenerife reaches 3,718 m, Roque de los Muchachos on La Palma 2,426 m, Morro de la Agujereada on Gran Canaria 1,956 m, Pico de Malpaso on El Hierro 1,501 m, and Garajonay on La Gomera 1,487 m.
Muuga is a village in Vinni Parish, Lääne-Viru County, in northeastern Estonia. [1] Between 1992 and 2017 (until the administrative reform of Estonian municipalities) the village was located in Laekvere Parish .
Caldera de Taburiente National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional de la Caldera de Taburiente) is a national park on the island of La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain. It contains the Caldera de Taburiente, which dominates the northern part of the island, and was designated as a national park in 1954.