Tenerife Population and Towns
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Population of Tenerife
The total population of Tenerife accounts for almost 900,000 – slightly more than the population of Gran Canaria according to most sources. These two islands together represent more than 80% of all Canary Islands inhabitants and they are the places where the most of the locals’ life is going on (and the most of the tourism too).
Largest cities on Tenerife
The majority of the population on Tenerife is concentrated in the northeast of the island in or near two big cities very close to one another: Santa Cruz de Tenerife (population of 222,000) and San Cristobal de la Laguna (137,000), the latter commonly called just La Laguna.
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Santa Cruz de Tenerife is the capital of Tenerife and also the capital of the province bearing the same name. The Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife includes the islands of Tenerife, La Palma, La Gomera, and El Hierro.
Santa Cruz de Tenerife is the second largest city in the Canary Islands and it shares the status of the capital city of Canary Islands with Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
Other municipalities on Tenerife
There are a total of 31 municipalities on Tenerife (sorted in alphabetical order):
- Adeje
- Arafo
- Arico
- Arona
- Buenavista del Norte
- Candelaria
- Fasnia
- Garachico
- Granadilla de Abona
- La Guancha
- Guia de Isora
- Guimar
- Icod de los Vinos
- La Matanza de Acentejo
- La Orotava
- Puerto de la Cruz
- Los Realejos
- El Rosario
- San Cristobal de La Laguna
- San Juan de la Rambla
- San Miguel de Abona
- Santa Cruz de Tenerife
- Santa Ursula
- Santiago del Teide
- El Sauzal
- Los Silos
- Tacoronte
- El Tanque
- Tegueste
- La Victoria de Acentejo
- Vilaflor
Only three of them don’t have access to the sea (El Tanque, Tegueste, and Vilaflor). The municipality covering the largest surface area (including the most of the Teide National Park) is La Orotava.
The area of Tenerife is often divided in three zones: Zona Metropolitana (the area around the biggest cities), Zona Norte (the north coast), and Zona Sur (the south and southwest coast).
