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Hermigua is a town and a municipality in the northeastern part of 
There are cedar forests in the area known as ''El Cedro''. The valley was first inhabited by the
La Gomera Tourist Office
Hermigua Tourism Guide
La Gomera Island blog
{{Authority control Municipalities in La Gomera
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 ...
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 ...
, Spain. It is located 12 km northwest of the island's 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,Garajonay National Park
Garajonay National Park ( es, Parque nacional de Garajonay, ) is located in the center and north of the island of La Gomera, one of the Canary Islands (Spain). It was declared a national park in 1981 and a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986. ...
covers the southern part of the municipality.
There are cedar forests in the area known as ''El Cedro''. The valley was first inhabited by the Guanches
The Guanches were the indigenous inhabitants of the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean some west of Africa.
It is believed that they may have arrived on the archipelago some time in the first millennium BCE. The Guanches were the only nativ ...
and was known as ''Mulagua''. The municipality of Hermigua was founded in the 16th century as the settlement of ''Valle Bajo''.
Settlements
* Valle Bajo divides the settlements of El Curato and El Palmerejo * Valle Alto divides the settlements of La Castellana and Playa Hermigua * El Cabo * Monteforte * Los Estanquillos * El Corralete * El Convento * La Cerca * Las Hoyetas * Caserío del CedroHistorical population
Sites of interest
* ''Valle Alto'', the first settlement in Hermigua: its neighbourhood "El Convento" features a Dominican church and monastery built 1611; another landmark is the ''Escuela popular'' * ''El Chorro'' waterfall * ''Los Telares'' Museum: contains handicrafts from the surrounding area * "Roques Pedro y Petra" * "El Curato" * "El Pescante" (The Old Davit) * "El Caserío del Cedro": a hamlet by the National Park in a small isolated valley * "Playa de La Caleta" (La Caleta Beach) * "Ermita de San Juan" * ''Mahona'' Natural ReserveSee 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.
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References
External links
La Gomera Tourist Office
Hermigua Tourism Guide
La Gomera Island blog
{{Authority control Municipalities in La Gomera