Teguise () is a

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

in the central part of the island of

Lanzarote Lanzarote (, , ) is a Spanish island, the easternmost of the Canary Islands, off the north coast of Africa and from the Iberian Peninsula. Covering , Lanzarote is the fourth-largest of the islands in the archipelago. With 163,230 inhabi ...

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, in the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital city of the Canary Islands (jointly with Santa Cruz de Tenerife) and the m ...

province in the

Canary Islands The Canary Islands (; ) or Canaries are an archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean and the southernmost Autonomous communities of Spain, Autonomous Community of Spain. They are located in the northwest of Africa, with the closest point to the cont ...

. 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), also referred to as the ''White Island'', is a volcanic island in the Atlantic Ocean. It is the northernmost of the Central Group of islands in the Azores archipelago. The o ...

(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 Archipe ...

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

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

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 are ...

. The artist and architect

César Manrique César Manrique Cabrera ( or ) (24 April 1919 – 25 September 1992) was a Spanish artist, sculptor and nature activist from Lanzarote, known particularly for the architectural projects in which he was involved as artistic director in his islan ...

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, cochineal insect), cochineal extract, crimson Lake pigment, lake, or carmine lake is a pigment of a bright-red color obtained from the aluminium coordination complex, compl ...

, 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 th ...

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 Famara is the main mountainous massif in the north of the island of Lanzarote in the Canary Islands. It is the eastern slope of a volcano erupting in the Miocene. The cliffs of Famara (''Risco de Famara'') are the remains of a caldera of about te ...

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 and actor. He wrote the s ...

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 The Canary Islands (; ) or Canaries are an archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean and the ...

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

Tao The Tao or Dao is the natural way of the universe, primarily as conceived in East Asian philosophy and religion. This seeing of life cannot be grasped as a concept. Rather, it is seen through actual living experience of one's everyday being. T ...

* 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 naturi ...

* Tomarén

Sites of interest

Jardín de Cactus The Jardín de Cactus is a cactus garden on the island of Lanzarote in the Canary Islands. It is situated in the village of Guatiza, in a former quarry where volcanic sand lapilli (volcanic pyroclast, locally called "picón" or "rofe") was ext ...

, in

*Wind sculpture File:Castell de Santa Barbara.jpg,

Santa Bárbara Castle Santa Bàrbara Castle (, ) is a fortification in the center of Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain. It stands on Mount Benacantil (166 m) bordering the sea, which gave it enormous strategic value since from it you can see the entire bay of Al ...

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'') File: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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