San Sebastián de La Gomera | |
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Municipality | |
 San Sebastián de La Gomera | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Las San Sebastián de La Gomera | |
  San Sebastián de La Gomera  San Sebastián de La Gomera | |
| Coordinates: 28°5′32″N 17°6′36″W / 28.09222°N 17.11000°W | |
| Country |  Spain |
| Autonomous Community |  Canary Islands |
| Province | Santa Cruz de Tenerife |
| Island | La Gomera |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Adasat Reyes Herrera (Agrupación Socialista Gomera (ASG)) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 113.59 km2 (43.86 sq mi) |
| Population (2018)[2] | |
| • Total | 8,945 |
| • Density | 79/km2 (200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (CEST (GMT +1)) |
| Postal code | 38880 |
| Area code | +34 (Spain) + 922 (Tenerife) |
| Website | Town Hall |
San Sebastián de La Gomera is the capital and a municipality of La Gomera in the Canary Islands, Spain. It also hosts the main harbour. The population was 8,699 in 2013,[3] and the area is 113.59 square kilometres (43.86 sq mi).[1]
The port serves ferry routes to the islands of Tenerife, La Palma and El Hierro. Streets include Calle Real and F. Olsen. A bus station named Estación de Guaguas is used for bus lines throughout the island; it is located on Avenida Del Quinto Centenario.
History
On 6 September, 1492, Christopher Columbus, having restocked his provisions and made repairs, departed from San Sebastián de La Gomera on his first expedition to the Americas.[4]
List of Notable people
- Ignacio Lorenzo de Armas (1706 - unknown), settler and mayor of San Antonio, Texas in 1738 and 1764.
Gallery
San Sebastián de La Gomera
Torre del conde
Church Iglesia de La Asunción
The big Fred. Olsen Express ferry.jpg.webp)
Old and new in San Sebastian.jpg.webp)
Old windmill in San Sebastian
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See also
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for San Sebastian de la Gomera.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to San Sebastián de La Gomera.
References
- 1 2 Instituto Canario de Estadística, area
- ↑ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ↑ Instituto Canario de Estadística Archived 2014-04-19 at the Wayback Machine, population
- ↑ Phillips & Phillips 1992, pp. 146–47.
Bibliography
- Phillips, William D. Jr.; Phillips, Carla Rahn (1992). The Worlds of Christopher Columbus. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-35097-6.
External links
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