San Juan de la Rambla, Santa Cruz de Tenerife

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San Juan de la Rambla
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Autonomous region: Canary Islands
Province: Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Island: Tenerife
Area: 20.66 km²
Population: 5,027 (2001)
Population density: 243.32/km²
Elevation:
Lowest:
Centre:
Highest:
Atlantic Ocean
100 m
southern part
Location: 28.3667/28°22' N lat.
16.61667/16°37' W long.
Municipal code: E-38034
Website: www.aytosanjuandelarambla.com

San Juan de la Rambla (first part Spanish for Saint John) is a municipality in the northern part of the island of Tenerife, one of the Canary Islands, and part of the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. It is located about 50 km SSW of the island's capital, N of Los Cristianos and Las Américas of Arona and about 75 km N of Reina Sofia Airport.

The population is 5,027 (ISTAC, 2003), its density is 243.32/km² and the area is 20.66 km². The elevation is 501 m. La Guancha is linked northeastly of the TF1 motorway and is linked with a highway linking Icod de los Vinos and the capital and west of the TF2 superhighway. Farmlands are in the valley areas and within the Atlantic, the mountain and the hills are to the south.

The main economy are agriculture and tourism.

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[edit] Historical population

Year Population Change
1991 4,507 -
1996 4,743 -
2001 4,782 227.21/km²
2002 4,938 -
2003 5,027 243.32/km²
2004 5,002 243.05/km² (other area)

The population slowly climed between 1991 1996 but slowed a bit in the 2001 census but boomed again until 2003 but in the 2004 census, the population dropped.

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San Juan de la Rambla has schools, a few lyceums, a gymnasia, churches, a post office and a few squares plazas.

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[edit] See also

North: Atlantic Ocean
West: La Guancha San Juan de la Rambla East: Los Realejos
South: La Orotava
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