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Also known as: Tenerife
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Vicente Rodriguez
Research Scientist, Instituto de Economía y Geografía, Madrid, Spain. Co-author of Northern Europeans and the Mediterranean: A New California or a New Florida?; Southern Europe and the New Migrations...
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Santa Cruz de Tenerife, provincia (province) in the comunidad autónoma (autonomous community) of the Canary Islands, Spain. It consists of the western members of the Canary Islands, specifically Tenerife, La Palma, La Gomera, and Ferro islands. The port city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife on the island of Tenerife is the capital of the province. Agriculture and fishing have been the traditional economic activities of the province, but now tourism dominates the economy. Area 1,305 square miles (3,381 square km). Pop. (2007 est.) 983,820.

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