Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Santa Cruz de Tenerife (commonly kent as Santa Cruz) is the caipital (alang wi Las Palmas de Gran Canaria), an seicont-maist muckle city o the Autonomous Community o the Canary Islands an the 21st maistmuckle city in Spain, wi a population o 222,417 in 2009. Santa Cruz is the seicont maistmuckle city an metropolitan area o the European Union ootside Europe. Santa Cruz de Tenerife is the caipital o the island o Tenerife an aa (maist populatit o archipelago an Spain) an caipital o the province o Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Locatit in northeastren airt o Tenerife, aboot 210 kilometres (130 mi) aff the northwastren coast o Africae athin the Atlantic Ocean. Atween the 1833 territorial diveesion o Spain an 1927 Santa Cruz de Tenerife wis the anely caipital o the Canary Islands, till 1927 when a decree ordered that the caipital o the Canary Islands be shared, as it remains at present. The port is o great importance an is the communications hub atween Europe, Africae an Americas, wi cruise ships arrivin frae mony naitions. The city is important for domestic an inter-island communications in the Canary Islands.

 Sister ceeties 
  Aranda de Duero, Spain
  San Antonio, USA
  Santa Cruz, Californie, USA
  Atlanta, USA
  Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivie
  Caracas, Venezuela
  Cádiz, Spain
  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  Nice, Fraunce
  Santa Cruz del Norte, Cuba
  Guatemala Ceety, Guatemala
  Miami-Dade Coonty, Florida, USA
  Saunt Petersburg, Roushie
  Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

References

Category:Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Category:Populatit coastal places in Spain
Category:Municipalities in Tenerife
Category:Port ceeties an touns in Spain
Category:Carnival ceeties an touns
Category:Populatit places established in the 1490s
Category:1492 establishments
Category:Tourism in Spain