Santiago del Teide
Santiago del Teide is a city on the Canary Island of Tenerife, with 12,634 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013). Neighboring municipalities are Buenavista del Norte, Garachico and El Tanque in the north, Garachico and Icod de los Vinos in the northeast, La Orotava in the east and Guía de Isora in the south.
The municipality of Santiago del Teide has an area of 52.26 km ² at an average altitude of 950 m above sea level.
Main parts of municipalities are the three now grown together tourist resorts of Puerto de Santiago (also called Puerto Santiago ), Playa de la Arena and Los Gigantes, Tamaimo in the mountains and the capital Santiago del Teide itself
Climate
The south-western parts of municipalities Puerto Santiago with Los Gigantes and Playa de la Arena are in Lee - shadow of the Teno mountains. The climate is " subtropical High Altitude Air " to be classified as a type. Since northeastern winds usually prevail, this area is almost constantly exposed to a foehn effect because of lying in the northeast of the Teno Mountains. So here the highest temperatures of the Canary Islands are associated with most sunshine hours of the archipelago measured. In return, the area around Santiago is exposed to heavy rainfall in (rather rare ) Southwest weather patterns that occur preferably in winter from November to February and occasionally may fail storm -like.
Population
Special
The municipality of Santiago del Teide has a foreign population of 49 %, which is more than any other city in Europe.
Swell
- ISTAC ( Statistical Department of the Regional Government of the Canary Islands)