La Matanza de Acentejo
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Key facts
- Country
- Spain
- Autonomous community
- Canary Islands
- Province
- Santa Cruz de Tenerife
- Island
- Tenerife
- Total
- 14.11 km (5.45 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 425 m (1,394 ft)
- Density
- 644.2/km (1,668/sq mi)
- Climate
- Csb
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Spain
- Official name
- Matanza de Acentejo, La
- Country
- Spain
- Located in
- Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province
- Continent
- Europe
- Population
- 9160
- Area
- 14.11
- Elevation
- 425
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Body of water
- Atlantic Ocean
- Shares border with
- La Victoria de Acentejo
- Official website
- www.matanceros.es
- Image
- La Matanza de Acentejo, en Santa Cruz de Tenerife (España).jpg
- Licence plate code
- TF
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- Commons category
- La Matanza de Acentejo
- postal code
- 38370
- different from
- Matanza
- P8168
- Arkadi Sergeev
- male population
- 4585
- female population
- 4476
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Encyclopedic overview
La Matanza de Acentejo is a town near the north coast of Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. It is located 10 km east of Puerto de la Cruz, and about 20 km west of the island's capital, Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Its name means "the Slaughter of Acentejo" in Spanish, and refers to the 1494 First Battle of Acentejo, lost by the Spanish.
The population is 8,944 (2013) and the area is 14.11 km. The elevation is 425 m. The TF-5 motorway passes through the municipality. The municipality contains the following settlements:
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “La Matanza de Acentejo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.