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Municipality in Canary Islands, Spain From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
San Andrés y Sauces is a municipality on the island of La Palma, Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. It is situated in the northeastern part of the island. The population of the municipality is 4,473 (2013)[3] and the area is 42.75 km².[1] The elevation of the largest village Los Sauces is 250 m. Los Sauces is 14 km north of the island capital Santa Cruz de La Palma. The municipality takes its name from the villages Los Sauces (the seat of the municipality) and San Andrés, 1.5 km southeast of Los Sauces, at the coast.
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San Andrés y Sauces | |
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Coordinates: 28°48′20″N 17°46′30″W | |
Country | Spain |
Autonomous community | Canary Islands |
Province | Santa Cruz de Tenerife |
Island | La Palma |
Area | |
• Total | 42.75 km2 (16.51 sq mi) |
Population (2018)[2] | |
• Total | 4,112 |
• Density | 96/km2 (250/sq mi) |
The main crops are bananas and the root vegetable taro (Colocasia esculenta), locally called ñame. A minor crop is sugar cane, which serves for the only distillery in the land that manufactures Ron Aldea, a rum.
Year | Population |
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1991 | 5,392 |
1996 | 5,438 |
2001 | 5,351 |
2002 | 5,226 |
2003 | 5,102 |
2004 | 5,012 |
2013 | 4,473 |
2023 | 4,219 |
The municipality offers the following facilities for sports practice:
- Municipal Sports Pavilion, with a capacity of approximately 1300 people. It includes a gym and annexes.
- Municipal Football Field of Llano Clara, with artificial turf and a capacity of approximately 2000 people.
- Municipal padel courts; three courts in Las Lomadas. - Municipal Sports Center of Los Galguitos.
- Municipal Sports Center of San Andrés. - Beach Volleyball Court in Puerto Espíndola.
- Unión Deportiva San Andrés y Sauces, a football team competing in the men's Primera Regional.
- La Escuela de Fútbol La Unión, together with Barlovento and Puntallana.
- Club Baloncesto Sauces, a basketball team from Los Sauces.
- Club de Gimnasia Rítmica Adeyahamen – Nogales, together with Puntallana.
- Club de Lucha Bediesta, specializing in Canarian wrestling.
- Club de Pádel Los Tilos (part of the Canary Islands Padel Federation).