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San Sebastián de la Gomera is a town (the main port and capital) and also an administrative district on La Gomera
La Gomera

La Gomera is the second-smallest of Spain's Canary Islands, located in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa. It is located at ....
 in the Canary Islands
Canary Islands

The Canary Islands are a Spain archipelago which, in turn, forms one of the Spanish Autonomous Communities and an Outermost Region of the European Union....
. Its population is 2,176 (, 2004), its density is 47.6/km² and the area is 114.78 km².

Part of the area is made up of farmlands, while the mountainous areas are forested or grassy.






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San Sebastián de la Gomera is a town (the main port and capital) and also an administrative district on La Gomera
La Gomera

La Gomera is the second-smallest of Spain's Canary Islands, located in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa. It is located at ....
 in the Canary Islands
Canary Islands

The Canary Islands are a Spain archipelago which, in turn, forms one of the Spanish Autonomous Communities and an Outermost Region of the European Union....
. Its population is 2,176 (, 2004), its density is 47.6/km² and the area is 114.78 km².

Part of the area is made up of farmlands, while the mountainous areas are forested or grassy. Its main industries are agriculture, tourism and administrative. Houses run up within the small stream up to the hills and the mountains surround the capital. The port is in the east and within the port is its beach. The port serves ferry routes to the islands of Tenerife
Tenerife

Tenerife, a Spain island, is the largest of the seven Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa. Tenerife has an area of 2034.38 square kilometers, and 886,033 inhabitants, which make it the most populated island of the Canary Islands and Spain....
, La Palma
La Palma

Isla de La Palma , is a Spain volcanic ocean island. It is one of the seven major Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean off of the west coast of Africa....
 and El Hierro
El Hierro

El Hierro, nicknamed Isla del Meridiano , is a Spain island. It is the smallest and furthest south and west of the Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa....
. Streets include Calle Real and F. Olsen, which link the port. The residential and business areas runs from southeast to northwest. A bus station named Estatión de Guaguas is used for bus lines throughout the island; it is located on Avenida Quinta Centenario. Much of the hills are grassy and almost entirely deforested, farms are in the valley and up to fields northeast and more mountains to the northeast.

Historical population


Year Population Change Density
1991 5,606 - -
1996 6,199 - -
2001 6,618 - 50.95/km²
2002 7,138 - -
2003 6,902 - 54.63/km²
2004 7,984 - 55.62/km²


The population increased until 2002 when it suffered a decrease in 2003, the population became the fastest in the island as it boomed about 13.5% population.

History

The area before the founding of the municipality were inhabited by the Guanches
Guanches

Guanches , now extinct as a distinct people, were the first known inhabitants of the Canary Islands, having migrated to the archipelago sometime between 1000 BC and 100 BC....
. Hernán Peraza arrived in 1440. Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus was a Republic of Genoa navigator, colonialist and explorer whose voyages across the Atlantic Ocean?funded by Queen Isabella of Spain?led to general European awareness of the America in the Western Hemisphere....
 stopped at the harbour in September 6, 1492 before heading to India
India

India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
 but headed for America instead.

Sites of interest

  • Torre del Conde - a tower in the middle of the valley
  • Casa del Colón, a museum dedicated to Christopher Columbus
  • Casa de los Peraza
  • Pozo de La Aguada
  • Iglesia de La Asunción and Ermita de San Sebastián Churches
  • Barranco del Cabrito
  • Los Roques rocks
  • Puntallana
  • Majona Nature Park


Economy

The economy of San Sebastián de La Gomera is centered on the functions of the capital and its port, as well as in the public sector, particularly in the transportation, trading, and tourism of Tenerife. The primary industry until the 1990s was primarily agriculture.

Other

San Sebastián de la Gomera has schools, a few lyceums, a gymnasium, churches, a small beach, a post office and a few squares plaza
Plaza

Plaza is a Spanish language word related to "field" which describes an open urban public space, such as a city square. All through Spanish America, the plaza mayor of each center of administration held three closely related institutions: the cathedral, the cabildo or administrative center, which might be incorporated in a wing...
s, one of them named Plaza de las Americas.

Panorama


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See also

  • La Gomera
    La Gomera

    La Gomera is the second-smallest of Spain's Canary Islands, located in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa. It is located at ....
  • List of municipalities in Santa Cruz de Tenerife
    List of municipalities in Santa Cruz de Tenerife

    This is a list of the municipalities in the provinces of Spain of Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the autonomous community of the Canary Islands, Spain.r>Name'Pop.'Island...