Tías is a
town
A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city.
The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...
and 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 southern 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 ...
, province of
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 ...
, autonomous community of 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 ...
, Spain. The town Tías is situated 4 km from the south coast and 10 km west of the island capital
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 ...
.
Lanzarote's largest tourist resort,
Puerto del Carmen
Puerto del Carmen (Pto. del Carmen) is the main tourist town on the island of Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain. It is part of the municipality of Tías, Las Palmas, Tías. Most of Lanzarote's over 1 million visitors per year choose this town as ...
, is entirely in the municipality of Tías, and was the location of the first hotels ever built on the island. Other settlements in the municipality are
Mácher
Mácher is a village on the Spanish island of Lanzarote, in the municipality of Tías, Las Palmas, Tias.
Demographics and location
The village's population is 1,461 inhabitants (INE, 2023). It is situated on the southern island of Lanzarote, abou ...
, La Asomada, Conil, Masdache.
Notable residents
The town of Tías is or has been home to:
*
José Saramago
José de Sousa Saramago (; 16 November 1922 – 18 June 2010) was a Portuguese people, Portuguese writer. He was the recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Literature for his "parables sustained by imagination, compassion and irony ith which ...
, Portuguese writer, playwright and journalist, Nobel Prize for Literature 1998
* Alberto Vazquez-Figueroa">Nobel Prize for Literature">ith which ...
, Portuguese writer, playwright and journalist, Nobel Prize for Literature 1998
* Alberto Vazquez-Figueroa, Spanish writer and novelist
* Helen Lindes, Spanish model, Miss Spain 2000 and runner-up to Miss Universe 2000
* Guillermina Fernández Díaz, born June 1902, the oldest Canary Island resident