Villa de Mazo is a town and a municipality on the island of
La Palma
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Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, also Province of Santa Cruz ( es, link=no, Provincia de Santa Cruz de Tenerife), is a province of Spain, consisting of the western part of the autonomous community of the Canary Islands. It consists of about ...
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Canary Islands
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, Spain. It is situated in the southeastern part of the island. The population of the municipality is 4,858 (2013)
[Instituto Canario de Estadística]
, population and the area is 71.17 km².
[ Villa de Mazo is 9 km south of the island capital ]Santa Cruz de La Palma
Santa Cruz de la Palma (Spanish for ''Holy Cross of La Palma'') is a city and a municipality on the east coast of the island of La Palma in the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife of the Canary Islands. Santa Cruz de la Palma is the second-largest ...
. La Palma Airport
La Palma Airport ( es, link=no, Aeropuerto de La Palma) is an airport located in Breña Baja and Villa de Mazo, south of the city of Santa Cruz de La Palma on La Palma in the Canary Islands. It is operated by Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegac ...
is located on the coast of Villa de Mazo.
Subdivisions
The population data are as of 2013:[
*Callejones (pop: 350)
*Lodero (pop: 470)
*Lomo Oscuro (pop: 260)
*Malpaises (Arriba) (pop: 149)
*Monte (pop: 147)
*Monte de Breña (pop: 528)
*Monte de Luna (pop: 375)
*Monte de Pueblo (pop: 232)
*Poleal (pop: 133)
*El Pueblo (pop: 532)
*La Rosa (pop: 367)
*La Sabina (pop: 280)
*San Simón (pop: 183)
*Tigalate (pop: 325)
*Tiguerorte (pop: 228)
*Malpaises (Abajo) (pop: 299)
]
Historical population
History
From the conquest of La Palma in 1492, Mazo and other rural parts of the island were governed from the town hall in Santa Cruz de la Palma. From 1768, local government in the form of so-called Ayuntamientos and presided by an elected Alcalde (equivalent of Mayor), was in place in Mazo. The municipal government in Mazo became formally independent in 1813. Originally the neighbouring municipality of Fuencaliente de La Palma formed part of the municipality of Mazo, but formed a separate municipality in 1837. Following the revolutionary upheavals of 1868, the first elections to the municipal government under the new electoral system (universal suffrage of males over 25) were held in Mazo in January 1869.
The town hall building in Mazo dates in 1930, when Spain was a Republic.
In April 1956, the municipality of Mazo came to be called Villa de Mazo, on the request of the Provincial Delegation of the Instituto Nacional de Estadística, in order to differentiate it from other places in peninsular Spain
Peninsular Spain refers to that part of Spanish territory located within the Iberian Peninsula, thus excluding other parts of Spain: the Canary Islands, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta, Melilla, and a number of islets and crags off the coast of Moro ...
with the same or similar-sounding name, although this was not approved by government until 1958.
Points of interest
Mazo is home to one of the most important archeological sites in the island of La Palma, in the Cave of Belmaco (in fact consisting of several caves close by) where rock carvings from the prehispanic period are found. The site can be visited and includes a small visitor center with exhibits of objects excavated there.Town Hall Website
A municipal museum is hosted in the Casa Roja, a building in the town center dating from the early years of the 20th century. The exhibits display local embroidery work, of some historical importance on the island, as well as photographic and other material detailing the history of the local Festival of Corpus Christi, the largest cultural event in the municipality.
At the southern end of the municipality is the modern Arenas Blancas Lighthouse
The Arenas Blancas Lighthouse ( es, Faro de Arenas Blancas) is an active lighthouse on the Canary island of La Palma in the municipality of Villa de Mazo, near the village of La Salemera. The larger settlement of Mazo lies to the north-west.
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See 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.
Referenc ...
References
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Municipalities in La Palma