San Andrés y Sauces is a municipality on the island of
La Palma,
Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife,
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 situated in the northeastern part of the island. The population of the municipality is 4,473 (2013)
[Instituto Canario de Estadística]
, population and the area is 42.75 km².
[ The elevation of the largest village Los Sauces is 250 m. Los Sauces is 14 km north of the island capital Santa Cruz de La Palma. The municipality takes its name from the villages Los Sauces (the seat of the municipality) and San Andrés, 1.5 km southeast of Los Sauces, at the coast.
]
Economy
The main crops are bananas and the root vegetable taro (''Colocasia esculenta''), locally called ''ñame''. A minor crop is sugar cane, which serves for the only distillery in the land that manufactures ''Ron Aldea'', a rum.
Points of interest
*the laurel forest
Laurel forest, also called laurisilva or laurissilva, is a type of subtropical forest found in areas with high humidity and relatively stable, mild temperatures. The forest is characterized by broadleaf tree species with evergreen, glossy and elo ...
of Los Tilos
LOS, or Los, or LoS may refer to:
Science and technology
* Length of stay, the duration of a single episode of hospitalisation
* Level of service, a measure used by traffic engineers
* Level of significance, a measure of statistical significance ...
*traditional architecture, mainly in San Andrés
*''Puerto Spíndola'', a small fishing port
*Cuevas de los Murciélagos
The Cuevas de los Murciélagos are a complex of two volcanic caves on La Palma, Canary Islands. They are located at the Nacientes de Marcos y Cordero (springs of Marcos and Cordero) near the municipality of San Andrés y Sauces in the north of the ...
, volcanic caves that are home to several bat species. Interesting fossils were found in the 1980s.
Historical population
Gallery
Image:Typical view Village La Palma.jpg, San Andrés
Image:Forest Los Tilos La Palma.jpg, Los Tilos
Image:Forest Los Tilos.jpg, Los Tilos
Image:La palma-los tilos.jpg, Barranco de la Fuente
Image:Brücke von Los Tilos.jpg
See also
* List of municipalities in Santa Cruz de Tenerife
References
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Municipalities in La Palma