Todoque was a locality belonging to the municipality 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)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 ...

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. Its main neighborhoods were Todoque, Los Pasitos and Todoque de Arriba. The town was first badly damaged and many buildings destroyed by the Cumbre Vieja vulcano eruption in September 2021, which ended up engulfing it entirely.

Toponymy

Todoque became a district 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)Tenerife Tenerife (; ; formerly spelled ''Teneriffe'') is the largest and most populous island of the Canary Islands. It is home to 43% of the total population of the archipelago. With a land area of and a population of 978,100 inhabitants as of Janu ...

, made up of two dictions: ''tener'', which means mountain and (sic) ''ife'', which is white».

History

At the end of the 15th century, the area was part of the aboriginal canton of Tihuya, which stretched from the canton of Aridane to the mountain of Tamanca. It would cover the areas known as Tajuya, Todoque, Puerto Naos, La Laguna and part of Las Manchas. In September and October 2021, its territory was affected by the Cumbre Vieja volcanic eruption. On September 21, the lava flow reached the town and during the following days hundreds of buildings were destroyed, including the church of Saint Pius X, the health center, the headquarters of the neighborhood association, the School of Early Childhood Education, and Los Campitos Elementary School and the Todoque Elementary and the Infant Education School. On October 10, new lava flows destroyed the buildings that were still standing, leaving the town practically erased from the map. La Palma - Los Llanos - Todoque (Plaza Todoque) 01 ies.jpg, Todoque in 2015 LUN 8401.jpg, Volcanic eruption on the night of September 20, 2021, with the lava flowing towards Todoque Map of 2021 Cumbre Vieja eruption.png, Location of Todoque within the lava flow on November 23, 2021 Buildings destroyed by 2021 Cumbre Vieja eruption.png, Extent of lava coverage with highlight of destroyed buildings i.a. in Todoque on November 23, 2021

Culture

* Iglesia de San Pío X, burned and collapsed by the lava flow on 26 September 2021.

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{{Commonscat, Todoque Populated places in La Palma Former populated places in Spain Destroyed towns Populated places disestablished in 2021 2021 disestablishments in Spain