San Andrés y Sauces

San Andrés y Sauces is a municipality on the island of La Palma, Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. It is situated in the northeastern part of the island. The population of the municipality is 4,473 (2013)[3] and the area is 42.75 km².[1] The elevation of the largest village Los Sauces is 250 m. Los Sauces is 14 km north of the island capital Santa Cruz de La Palma. The municipality takes its name from the villages Los Sauces (the seat of the municipality) and San Andrés, 1.5 km southeast of Los Sauces, at the coast.

San Andrés y Sauces
Municipality
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San Andrés y Sauces
Location in Canary Islands
Coordinates: 28°48′20″N 17°46′30″W
CountrySpain
Autonomous communityCanary Islands
ProvinceSanta Cruz de Tenerife
IslandLa Palma
Area
 • Total42.75 km2 (16.51 sq mi)
Population
 (2018)[2]
 • Total4,112
 • Density96/km2 (250/sq mi)

Economy

The main crops are bananas and the root vegetable taro (Colocasia esculenta), locally called ñame. A minor crop is sugar cane, which serves for the only distillery in the land that manufactures Ron Aldea, a rum.

Points of interest
  • the laurel forest of Los Tilos
  • traditional architecture, mainly in San Andrés
  • Puerto Spíndola, a small fishing port
  • Cuevas de los Murciélagos, volcanic caves that are home to several bat species. Interesting fossils were found in the 1980s.

Historical population
YearPopulation
19915,392
19965,438
20015,351
20025,226
20035,102
20045,012
20134,473
  • San Andrés
  • Los Tilos
  • Los Tilos
  • Barranco de la Fuente

See also

References
  1. Instituto Canario de Estadística, area
  2. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  3. Instituto Canario de Estadística Archived 2014-04-19 at the Wayback Machine, population
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