La Victoria de Acentejo
La Victoria de Acentejo is a municipality with 9069 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2013 ) in the north of the Canary Island of Tenerife.
La Victoria de Acentejo is connected to Santa Cruz de Tenerife on the northern motorway TF-5. Neighboring communities are La Matanza de Acentejo in the northeast, Candelaria in the east, southeast and south and Santa Úrsula in the south, southwest and west.
The municipality of La Victoria de Acentejo has an area of 17.93 km ² at an average altitude of 360 m above sea level.
Population
History
At this point, the Spaniard won in 1496 a battle against the native Guanches, which is why they named this place after their victory. Two years earlier, they had been defeated at the site of today's neighboring village of La Matanza de Acentejo.
Swell
- ISTAC ( Statistical Department of the Regional Government of the Canary Islands)
Adeje | Arafo | Arico | Arona | Buenavista del Norte | Candelaria | Fasnia | Garachico | Granadilla de Abona | La Guancha | Guía de Isora | Guimar | Icod de los Vinos | La Matanza de Acentejo | La Orotava | Puerto de la Cruz | Los Realejos | El Rosario | San Cristóbal de La Laguna | San Juan de la Rambla | San Miguel de Abona | Santa Cruz de Tenerife | Santa Úrsula | Santiago del Teide | El Sauzal | Los Silos | Tacoronte | El Tanque | Tegueste | La Victoria de acentejo | Vilaflor
- Municipality in the Canary Islands
- Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province
- Tenerife
- Place in the Canary Islands
- Place in Africa