San Sebastián de La Gomera | |
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Municipality | |
![]() San Sebastián de La Gomera | |
![]() Location of Las San Sebastián de La Gomera | |
Coordinates: 28°5′32″N 17°6′36″W / 28.09222°N 17.11000°W | |
Country | ![]() |
Autonomous Community | ![]() |
Province | Santa Cruz de Tenerife |
Island | La Gomera |
Government | |
• Mayor | Adasat Reyes Herrera (Agrupación Socialista Gomera (ASG)) |
Area | |
• Total | 113.59 km2 (43.86 sq mi) |
Population (2018)[2] | |
• Total | 8,945 |
• Density | 79/km2 (200/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+0 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (CEST (GMT +1)) |
Postal code | 38880 |
Area code | +34 (Spain) + 922 (Tenerife) |
Website | Town Hall |
San Sebastián de La Gomera is the capital and a municipality of La Gomera in the Canary Islands, Spain. It also hosts the main harbour. The population was 8,945 in 2018,[1] and the area is 113.59 square kilometres (43.86 sq mi).[1]
The port serves ferry routes to the islands of Tenerife, La Palma and El Hierro. Streets include Calle Real and F. Olsen. A bus station named Estación de Guaguas is used for bus lines throughout the island; it is located on Avenida Del Quinto Centenario.
History
[edit]On 6 September, 1492, Christopher Columbus, having restocked his provisions and made repairs, departed from San Sebastián de La Gomera on his first expedition to the Americas.[3]
List of Notable people
[edit]- Ignacio Lorenzo de Armas (1706 - unknown), settler and mayor of San Antonio, Texas in 1738 and 1764.
Gallery
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San Sebastián de La Gomera
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Torre del conde
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Church Iglesia de La Asunción
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The big Fred. Olsen Express ferry
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Old and new in San Sebastian
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Old windmill in San Sebastian
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c Instituto Canario de Estadística, area
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ Phillips & Phillips 1992, pp. 146–47.
Bibliography
[edit]- Phillips, William D. Jr.; Phillips, Carla Rahn (1992). The Worlds of Christopher Columbus. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-35097-6.