This First Day Cover
was issued during the stamp exhibition EXFILNA
82 in Spain. The cover as well as the stamp depict a perspective map of the
Canary Islands Tenerife Island.
Tenerife
is the largest and most populous island of the seven Canary Islands; it is also the most populated island
of Spain, with a land area of
2,034.38 square kilometres (785 sq mi) and 898,680 inhabitants, 43 percent of the total population of
the Canary Islands. Tenerife is also the largest and most
populous island of Macaronesia.
About
five million tourists visit Tenerife each year, the most of
any of the Canary Islands. Tenerife
hosts one of the world's largest carnivals and the Carnival of Santa Cruz de Tenerife is attempting to become a World Heritage Site. Tenerife is served by two airports, Tenerife North Airport and Tenerife
South Airport, and is the tourism and economic centre of the archipelago.
Santa
Cruz de Tenerife is the capital of the island and the seat of the
island council (cabildo insular). The city is capital of the autonomous
community of Canary Islands (shared with Las Palmas), sharing governmental
institutions such as Presidency and ministries. Between the 1833 territorial division of Spain and 1927 Santa Cruz de Tenerife was
the sole capital of the Canary Islands, until a decree ordered that the capital
of the Canary Islands be shared, as it remains at present.
The
island is home to the University
of La Laguna, which was founded in 1792 and is the oldest university in the
Canaries. San Cristóbal de La
Laguna (a World Heritage Site) is the second
city of the island and the third one of the archipelago. The city of La Laguna was also capital of the Canary Islands
until Santa Cruz replaced it in 1833.
Tenerife
also has the highest elevation of Spain, a World Heritage Site that is the
third largest volcano in the world from its base, El Teide. Also
located on the island Macizo de
Anaga since 2013 is Biosphere Reserve. The
island's capital contains the architectural symbol of the Canary Islands, the
modern Auditorio de Tenerife.
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