Tacoronte, Tenerife, Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain


🇮🇨 Tacoronte is a city and municipality of Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. It is located in the north-east of the island. Mostly rural, the municipality stretches for 30 square km from the volcanic peaks that rise in the centre of the island to the Atlantic shore. The municipality seat, also called Tacoronte, lies about 16 km west of the capital, Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Old manorial houses and farms are situated here, as well as vineyards that produce the wine known as Tacoronte-Acentejo.

The TF-5 motorway passes through the municipality. The Tenerife North Airport is 4 km to the east.

Tacoronte is a toponym of Guanche origin, believed to be derived from Tagoror, meaning "place where the Council of Elders meets". Its territory constituted an ancient menceyato, as the Guanche kingdoms were known, ruled by the mencey Acaymo. After the Spanish conquest of Tenerife, the area was settled by the Portuguese Sebastián Machado, who founded the town of Tacoronte around the hermitage of Santa Catalina that he had built. The town grew during succeeding centuries and in 1911, Alfonso XIII of Spain granted the town the status of municipio.

Santa Cruz de Tenerife 
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
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Tacoronte has a population of over 23,961 people. Tacoronte also forms part of the wider Tenerife island which has a population of over 966,354 people.

Twin Towns - Sister Cities Tacoronte has links with:

🇵🇹 Guimarães, Portugal
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Antipodal to Tacoronte is: 163.583,-28.483

Locations Near: Tacoronte -16.4167,28.4833

🇮🇨 San Cristóbal de La Laguna -16.314,28.478 d: 10.1  

🇮🇨 Santa Cruz de Tenerife -16.25,28.467 d: 16.4  

🇮🇨 Arona -16.667,28.1 d: 49.2  

🇮🇨 San Bartolomé de Tirajana -15.573,27.926 d: 103.4  

🇮🇨 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria -15.44,28.13 d: 103.4  

🇮🇨 Las Palmas -15.44,28.13 d: 103.4  

🇮🇨 Santa Lucía de Tirajana -15.533,27.917 d: 107.1  

🇮🇨 Telde -15.42,27.993 d: 111.9  

🇮🇨 Puerto del Rosario -13.867,28.5 d: 249.2  

🇮🇨 Arrecife -13.548,28.96 d: 284.7  

Antipodal to: Tacoronte 163.583,-28.483

🇳🇨 Nouméa 166.45,-22.267 d: 19266.4  

🇳🇨 Koné 164.852,-21.059 d: 19179.7  

🇦🇺 Gold Coast 153.416,-28.002 d: 19018  

🇦🇺 Southport 153.405,-27.974 d: 19016.6  

🇦🇺 Lismore 153.29,-28.815 d: 19010.3  

🇦🇺 Redland City 153.25,-27.583 d: 18996.3  

🇦🇺 Logan 153.109,-27.639 d: 18983.4  

🇦🇺 Redcliffe 153.075,-27.228 d: 18973  

🇦🇺 Caloundra 153.133,-26.8 d: 18969.2  

🇦🇺 Brisbane 153.024,-27.471 d: 18972.4  

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