Los Campitos is a neighbourhood of

Todoque Todoque was a locality belonging to the municipality of Los Llanos de Aridane, located in the southwest of the island of La Palma, Canary Islands. Its main neighborhoods were Todoque, Los Pasitos and Todoque de Arriba. The town was first badly dam ...

in La Palma,

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. Formerly it was a separate locality, integrated into Todoque in 2000. It was significantly affected by a lava flow from the

2021 Cumbre Vieja volcanic eruption An eruption at the Cumbre Vieja complex volcano, volcanic ridge, comprising the southern half of the Spain, Spanish island of La Palma in the Canary Islands, lasted from 19 September to 13 December 2021. It was the first volcanic eruption on the ...

, which destroyed hundreds of houses in the neighbourhood.

Description

Los Campitos is located at an altitude of 500 meters above sea level, five kilometers south of the urban area of

Los Llanos de Aridane Los Llanos de Aridane is a municipality of the Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. It is located in the west of the island of La Palma, in the Aridane Valley. With 20,930 inhabitants (2013)Todoque Todoque was a locality belonging to the municipality of Los Llanos de Aridane, located in the southwest of the island of La Palma, Canary Islands. Its main neighborhoods were Todoque, Los Pasitos and Todoque de Arriba. The town was first badly dam ...

, bordering Las Manchas on the south. Agriculture of the area consisted of

dryland farming Dryland farming and dry farming encompass specific agricultural techniques for the non-irrigated cultivation of crops. Dryland farming is associated with drylands, areas characterized by a cool wet season (which charges the soil with virtually ...

and livestock farming. The settlements are scattered, with most building located next to Camino El Pastelero road, which runs from main part of Todoque in the west to the LP-2 main road (Carretera del Sur de La Palma), and next to the LP-2 road itself. Los Campitos used to have a local one-room school, which was attended by children of the neighbourhood also the neighbourhood of El Paraíso in Las Manchas.

History

At the end of the 15th century, the place was part of the aboriginal canton of Tihuya. After the conquest and incorporation of the island to the

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, the area came to be considered as communal land. According to Gaspar Frutuoso, the place was mainly dedicated to livestock, and its inhabitants were mainly descendants of the Palmerian aborigines, although there were also settlers of European origin. In 1847, José María Wangüemert de Alcalá, a contributor to

Pascual Madoz Pascual Madoz Ibáñez (May 17, 1806 – December 13, 1870), Spanish politician, statistician, was born at Pamplona. Biography In early life Madoz was settled in Barcelona, as a writer and journalist. He envisioned the construction of the ...

's geographic handbook, made a description of the Los Campitos settlement as having 69 houses and 263 inhabitants: 149 males and 114 females. It was also described that water was obtained at that time in Argual and

Tazacorte Tazacorte is a town and a municipality on the island of La Palma, Province of Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. It is near the coast, in the western part of the island. The population of the municipality is 4,600 (2018) and the area is 11.37 ...

as there were no ponds to collect winter water. The locality had 428 inhabitants in 1950 and 356 inhabitants in 1981. Territory of the neighbourhood was strongly affected by the

. The lava flows destroyed a large number of homes and buildings, including the school, practically erasing Los Campitos from the map. Buildings destroyed by 2021 Cumbre Vieja eruption.png, Extent of lava coverage with highlight of destroyed buildings i.a. in Los Campitos as of November 23, 2021

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