Benahoare was the native
Guanche Guanche may refer to:
*Guanches, the indigenous people of the Canary Islands
*Guanche language
Guanche is an extinct language that was spoken by the Guanches of the Canary Islands until the 16th or 17th century. It died out after the conquest ...
name for the
Spanish
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island of
La Palma
La Palma (, ), also known as ''La isla bonita'' () and officially San Miguel de La Palma, is the most north-westerly island of the Canary Islands, Spain. La Palma has an area of making it the fifth largest of the eight main Canary Islands. The ...
, one of 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 ...
. Prior to its conquest by the
Castilians
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, completed in 1493, the island had been divided into 12 cantons or lordships. The last
Guanche Guanche may refer to:
*Guanches, the indigenous people of the Canary Islands
*Guanche language
Guanche is an extinct language that was spoken by the Guanches of the Canary Islands until the 16th or 17th century. It died out after the conquest ...
lord to submit to European rule was
Tanausu
Tanausu (also Tanausú and Atanausu) (died 1493) was the Guanche ruler of Aceró, on the island of La Palma (known to the original population as Benahoare), whose defeat by the Castilians marked the final conquest of that island. The island of Te ...
. Its name is said to mean "my land."
Benahoare today is a subdivision of
Santa Cruz de la Palma
Santa Cruz de la Palma (Spanish for ''Holy Cross of La Palma'') is a city and a municipality on the east coast of the island of La Palma in the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife of the Canary Islands. Santa Cruz de la Palma is the second-largest ...
which is named after the older native name.
*Benahoare
Guanche
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