Teguise () is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the central part of the island of

Lanzarote Lanzarote (, , ) is a Spanish island, the easternmost of the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean. It is located approximately off the north coast of Africa and from the Iberian Peninsula. Covering , Lanzarote is the fourth-largest of the i ...

in the

Las Palmas Las Palmas (, ; ), officially Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, is a Spain, Spanish city and capital of Gran Canaria, in the Canary Islands, on the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital (jointly with Santa Cruz de Tenerife), the most populous city in th ...

province 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 ...

. The population is 22,342 (as of 1 January 2019), and the area is 263.98 km². It is located north of

Arrecife Arrecife (; ; ) is the capital city and a municipality of Lanzarote in the Canary Islands. It was made the island's capital in 1852. The city owes its name to the rock reef ("arrecife" being Spanish for "reef") which covers its local beach. It als ...

and south of Haría. The seat of the municipality is the town of Teguise. The municipality also comprises a number of neighbouring islands including

Graciosa Graciosa Island () (literally "graceful" or "enchanting" in Portuguese) is referred to as the ''White Island'', the northernmost of the Central Group of islands in the Azores. The ovular Portuguese island has an area of , a length of and a width ...

(with 733 inhabitants in 2019),

Alegranza Alegranza () is an uninhabited island in the Atlantic Ocean, located off the coast of Africa and is in the province of Las Palmas in the Canary Islands, Spain. It is the northernmost point in the Canary Islands, and part of the Chinijo Archipela ...

Roque del Este Roque del Este (Spanish for "rock of the east") is a small uninhabited island in the Canary Islands, located northeast of the island of Lanzarote. The island is part of the Chinijo Archipelago, which is administratively part of the municipality o ...

Roque del Oeste Roque del Oeste (; Spanish for "rock of the west"), also referred to as ''Roque del Infierno'', is an uninhabited islet located 0.6 km northeast of the island of Montaña Clara, in the northeasternmost part of the Canary Islands, the Chinijo ...

and

Montaña Clara Montaña Clara () (Spanish meaning "light-colored mountain") is a small uninhabited islet belonging to the Chinijo Archipelago, in the northeastern part of the Canary Islands, only a short distance (about ) northwest of La Graciosa. The islet area ...

. The artist and architect

César Manrique César Manrique Cabrera ( or ) (24 April 1919 – 25 September 1992) was a Spanish artist, sculptor, architect and nature activist from Lanzarote. Early life Manrique was born in Arrecife, Lanzarote, one of the Canary Islands. His father G ...

was born in the area. The insect of the island is the

cochineal The cochineal ( , ; ''Dactylopius coccus'') is a scale insect in the suborder Sternorrhyncha, from which the natural dye carmine is derived. A primarily sessility (motility), sessile parasitism, parasite native to tropical and subtropical Sout ...

from which

carmine Carmine ()also called cochineal (when it is extracted from the cochineal insect), cochineal extract, crimson lake, or carmine lake is a pigment of a bright-red color obtained from the aluminium complex derived from carminic acid. Specific code n ...

, a dye, is extracted.

Historical population

Settlements

* Las Cabreras *

Caleta de Sebo Caleta de Sebo (or Caleta del Sebo) is the main settlement and capital community of La Graciosa (Canary Islands, Spain). With a population of 730 (INE, 2018), Caleta de Sebo, together with the rest of the island of La Graciosa, is included in the ...

Casas de Pedro Barba Casas de Pedro Barba, or simply Pedro Barba, is a small community of summer residences on the island of La Graciosa, Canary Islands, Spain. Its population, as of 1 January 2018 and according to the Spanish Statistical Institute, is of 3 inhabitan ...

* Caleta de Famara *

Las Caletas Las Caletas is a beach near Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico. The home of Hollywood director John Huston John Marcellus Huston ( ; August 5, 1906 – August 28, 1987) was an American film director, screenwriter, actor and visual artist. ...

Costa Teguise Costa Teguise is a coastal town in the Municipality of Teguise on the island of Lanzarote (in the Canary Islands of Spain). It was built intentionally to accommodate tourism, and prior to building commencing the streets were planned, constructe ...

Guatiza Guatiza is a village in the municipality of Teguise in the northeastern part of the island of Lanzarote in the Las Palmas province in the Canary Islands. Its population was 812 in 2013. Guatiza is located 2 km from the east coast of Lanzarote, 8 ...

* Las Laderas * El Mojón * Mozaga * Muñique * Nazaret *

Sóo Sóo is a village in the municipality of Teguise on the island of Lanzarote in the Canary Islands. References Populated places in Lanzarote {{CanaryIslands-geo-stub ...

* Tahiche *

Tao ''Tao'' or ''Dao'' is the natural order of the universe, whose character one's intuition must discern to realize the potential for individual wisdom, as conceived in the context of East Asian philosophy, East Asian religions, or any other philo ...

* Teguise * Teseguite * Tiagua * Los Valles * Los Ancones * Caleta de Caballo * Los Cocoteros *

Charco del Palo Charco del Palo is a naturist holiday village on the north-eastern coast of Lanzarote, in the Canary Islands. The village was established around 1970 by the German entrepreneur Gregor Kaiser. In due course, it has developed into a popular natur ...

* Tomarén

Sites of interest

* Jardín de Cactus, in

*Wind sculpture File:Castell de Santa Barbara.jpg, Santa Bárbara Castle File:Teguise Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe.jpg, Teguise Church, bell tower File:Teguise 1.jpg, Typical architecture in Teguise File:Isla de la Graciosa.JPG, Isla de la Graciosa (''la Graciosa Island'') Image:Windspiel CesarManrique.jpg, Wind sculpture by César Manrique, Taro de Tahíche

External links

Teguise: white heritage and mahogany crosses in the old capital of Lanzarote
(in English)

References

{{Authority control Municipalities in Lanzarote

Historical population

Settlements

Sites of interest

See also

External links

References