Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Santa Cruz de Tenerife is a Spanish province. It consists of the Canary islands of Tenerife, La Palma, La Gomera and El Hierro. The provincial capital is Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Together with the province of Las Palmas, it forms the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands.

While most of the 50 provinces of Spain, a province of representation, a provincial government and a provincial administration have there in the autonomous communities of Spain which therefore consist only of a region of Asturias, Cantabria, La Rioja, Madrid, Murcia and Navarra and in the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands, and the Canary Islands such non- facilities.

By the Statute of Autonomy of 1982, the tasks of the provincial representation, provincial government and provincial administration of the provinces of Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria has been delegated to the body of the Cabildo and the Comunidad Autónoma de Canarias. The provinces are further constituencies in the election to the Cortes Generales.

The land area of ​​the province occupies 0.67 percent of Spain and is thus on the 47th of all 50 Spanish provinces. With 2.18 percent of Spain's population province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife is ranked 14th

Largest communities

(As of 1 January 2013)