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Alajeró is a municipality on the island of
La Gomera
La Gomera () is one of Spain's Canary Islands, located in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa. With an area of , it is the third smallest of the eight main islands of this archipelago. It belongs to the province of Santa Cruz de Tene ...
in the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, commonly abbreviated as Santa Cruz (), is a city, the capital of the island of Tenerife, Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, and capital of the Canary Islands. Santa Cruz has a population of 206,593 (2013) within its admi ...
in the Canary Islands
The Canary Islands (; es, Canarias, ), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, in Macaronesia. At their closest point to the African mainland, they are west of Morocc ...
. It is located on the south coast, SW of the capital San Sebastián de la Gomera
San Sebastián de La Gomera is the capital and a municipality of La Gomera in the Canary Islands, Spain. It also hosts the main harbour. The population was 8,699 in 2013,
Although hot during the summer, in the winter months the climate is generally foggy, particularly at higher altitudes, which the inhabitants take advantage of by planting crops in November and harvesting their fruit and vegetables in May. Agricultural production has fallen over the past few decades, with an agricultural crisis in the 1960s and the 1970s, causing many people to leave, so the smaller villages became depopulated.
The fish factory in Playa Santiago, which used to can tuna and sardines, shut down as fish stocks dwindled, although there are still a few remaining fishing boats, whose catch is frozen for transport. There is a boat repair yard in the port, but there is no longer a ferry. The ''Garajonay Exprės'' ferry ran from Garajonay Exprės statement of cessation on 3 November 2008
Retrieved 20 November 2008
La Gomera Tourist Office
La Gomera Island blog
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Although hot during the summer, in the winter months the climate is generally foggy, particularly at higher altitudes, which the inhabitants take advantage of by planting crops in November and harvesting their fruit and vegetables in May. Agricultural production has fallen over the past few decades, with an agricultural crisis in the 1960s and the 1970s, causing many people to leave, so the smaller villages became depopulated.
The fish factory in Playa Santiago, which used to can tuna and sardines, shut down as fish stocks dwindled, although there are still a few remaining fishing boats, whose catch is frozen for transport. There is a boat repair yard in the port, but there is no longer a ferry. The ''Garajonay Exprės'' ferry ran from Valle Gran Rey
Valle Gran Rey is a municipality in the western part of the island La Gomera, in the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife of the Canary Islands, Spain. The Guanche name of the area was ''Orone''. The seat of the municipality since 1930 is La Cal ...
via Santiago to San Sebastián de la Gomera
San Sebastián de La Gomera is the capital and a municipality of La Gomera in the Canary Islands, Spain. It also hosts the main harbour. The population was 8,699 in 2013,Los Cristianos
Los Cristianos is a town in Spain with a population of 21,235 (2017), situated on the south coast of the Canary Island of Tenerife. Located in the municipality of Arona, Tenerife, Arona between the cone of the mountain Chayofita and the greater mou ...
, from 2002 to 2008, but ceased due to a lack of government subsidy.Retrieved 20 November 2008
La Gomera Airport
La Gomera Airport ( es, link=no, Aeropuerto de La Gomera) is an airport located near the town of Playa Santiago on the island of La Gomera in the Canary Islands, southwest by road from the island's capital city, San Sebastián de la Gomera.
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lies between Alajeró and Santiago. Tourism is not as important in La Gomera as on the larger Canary Islands, but Playa Santiago has a fairly safe sand and shingle beach, and a number of apartments, rooms and restaurants. Rural tourism is also promoted with a new hotel at Alajeró town and ''Casas Rurales'' (rural houses) in the villages. The island attracts many hill walkers and has numerous way-marked footpaths.
The town of Santiago is split between two municipalities, Alajero and San Sebastian, but dominates the municipality of Alajero with about half the population (989/1954 in 2005). The town of Alajeró, which has the Ayuntamiento
''Ayuntamiento'' ()In other languages of Spain:
* ca, ajuntament ().
* gl, concello ().
* eu, udaletxea (). is the general term for the town council, or ''cabildo'', of a municipality or, sometimes, as is often the case in Spain and Latin Amer ...
(municipal offices), is about 4.5 km inland at 812 m above sea level,
Subdivisions or settlements
* Agalán * Alajeró * Antoncojo * Arguayoda * Benchijigua * Erese * Lo del Gato * Imada de Tecina (2005 pop: 152) * Magana * A part of Playa Santiago (2005 pop: 989) - a fishing port and tourist town * Targa * ChipudeHistorical population
Sites of interest
* Ermita San Isidro on the peak called ''Roque Calvario'' (807 m) offers a panoramic view of the southwestern coast of the island ofLa Gomera
La Gomera () is one of Spain's Canary Islands, located in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa. With an area of , it is the third smallest of the eight main islands of this archipelago. It belongs to the province of Santa Cruz de Tene ...
* A famous dracaena the Drago de Agalán, is found North of Alajeró town
* The ''Pastrana'' water mill
See also
*List of municipalities in Santa Cruz de Tenerife
This is a list of the 54 municipalities in the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the autonomous community of the Canary Islands, Spain - 31 on Tenerife Island, 14 on La Palma Island, 6 on La Gomera Island and 3 on El Hierro Island.
Referenc ...
References
External links
La Gomera Tourist Office
La Gomera Island blog
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