Breña Alta

Breña Alta (Spanish for Upper Breña) is a municipality on the eastern side of the island of La Palma, in the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. The ayuntamiento (municipal office) is in the town of San Pedro, at 350 m above sea-level, and only 9 km south of the island's capital Santa Cruz de la Palma . Breña Alta lies on the main highway encircling the island, just north of La Palma Airport. Until the 17th century the area was known as Breña, but was then divided into Breña Alta and Breña Baja.

Breña Alta
Municipality
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Breña Alta
Location in Canary Islands
Breña Alta
Breña Alta (Spain, Canary Islands)
Coordinates: 28°40′N 17°47′W
Country Spain
Autonomous community Canary Islands
Province Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Island La Palma
Area
 • Total30.82 km2 (11.90 sq mi)
Elevation350 m (1,150 ft)
Population
 (2018)[2]
 • Total7,154
 • Density230/km2 (600/sq mi)

Breña Alta has a fishing port, an artificial beach at Bajamar, and an industrial area. The municipality is known for its tobacco production. There is a 100-year-old dracaena tree near San Isidro.

Subdivisions

The municipality has 13 subdivisions, or "parishes" (population figures from 2005):

  • Bajamar
  • Botazo (pop: 389)
  • Breña (pop: 509)
  • Buenavista de Abajo (pop: 484)
  • Buenavista de Arriba (pop: 605)
  • La Cuesta (pop: 684)
  • Las Letas (pop: 464)
  • El Llanito (pop: 758)
  • Miranda (pop: 711)
  • San Isidro
  • San Pedro (municipal seat) (pop: 2,434)
  • El Socorro
  • Las Vueltas

Historical population
YearPopulation
19002,589
19102,863
19203,078
19303,437
19403,843
19504,049
19604,762
19704,290
19814,792
19905,467
19915,432
19965,816
20015,715
20026,396
20036,665
20046,847
20057,039
20067,158
20077,184
20137,455

See also

References
  1. "SUPERFICIE, PERÍMETRO Y ALTITUD DE LOS MUNICIPIOS DE CANARIAS" (in Spanish). Instituto Canario de Estadística (ISTAC). Archived from the original on 2012-12-04.
  2. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
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