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 in the

Las Palmas Las Palmas (, ; ), officially Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, is a 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 the auto ...

province in the Canary Islands. The population is 22,342 (as of 1 January 2019), and the area is 263.98 km². It is located north of Arrecife 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 and Montaña Clara. The artist and architect César Manrique 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 sessile parasite native to tropical and subtropical South America through North Americ ...

from which carmine, a dye, is extracted.

Historical population

Settlements

* Las Cabreras * Caleta de Sebo *

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 inhabita ...

* Caleta de Famara * Las Caletas *

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 * Tahiche * Tao * 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 naturis ...

* 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

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