Vilaflor, Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Vilaflor
Municipality
Vilaflor from above

Municipal location in Tenerife
Vilaflor
Location in Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Vilaflor
Vilaflor (Canary Islands)
Vilaflor
Vilaflor (Spain, Canary Islands)
Coordinates: 28°9′30″N 16°38′10″W / 28.15833°N 16.63611°W / 28.15833; -16.63611Coordinates: 28°9′30″N 16°38′10″W / 28.15833°N 16.63611°W / 28.15833; -16.63611
Country  Spain
Autonomous Region Canary Islands
Province Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Island Tenerife
Area[1]
 • Total 56.26 km2 (21.72 sq mi)
Population (2013)[2]
 • Total 1,804
 • Density 32/km2 (83/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+0 (GMT)
Climate Csb
Website www.vilaflordechasna.es

Vilaflor is a municipality and a village in the south-central part of the island of Tenerife, one of the Canary Islands, and part of the Santa Cruz de Tenerife (province), Spain. Vilaflor, with an altitude of 1,400 m, is the highest village of Tenerife, situated south the Teide volcano. It is located 7 km north of San Miguel de Abona and 51 km southwest of the island's capital Santa Cruz de Tenerife. The population is 1,804 (2013)[2] and the area is 56.26 km².[1]

Sights

  • Paisaje Lunar, a geological curiosity created by erosion
  • El Piño Gordo pine tree.
  • the mineral springs of Fuente Alta, which can be found at 1400 meters above sea level in a protected nature reserve. The bottled water company Fuentealta derives from this mineral spring.
  • Sanctuary of the Santo Hermano Pedro, a church built in honor of Saint Peter of Saint Joseph Betancur (Santo Hermano Pedro).
Church of San Pedro

History

Vilaflor

The town of Vilaflor de Chasna was founded in the sixteenth century. Saint Peter of Saint Joseph Betancur was born in Vilaflor in 1626.

Climate

Climate data for Vilaflor 1378m (Temperatures:1983-1995; Precipitation:1945-1997)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 13.5
(56.3)		 14.4
(57.9)		 16.0
(60.8)		 16.1
(61)		 18.3
(64.9)		 21.2
(70.2)		 27.4
(81.3)		 27.9
(82.2)		 23.5
(74.3)		 18.7
(65.7)		 16.0
(60.8)		 14.5
(58.1)		 19.0
(66.2)
Daily mean °C (°F) 9.4
(48.9)		 10.2
(50.4)		 11.7
(53.1)		 11.9
(53.4)		 13.8
(56.8)		 16.7
(62.1)		 22.7
(72.9)		 23.0
(73.4)		 19.2
(66.6)		 14.4
(57.9)		 11.4
(52.5)		 10.0
(50)		 14.7
(58.5)
Average low °C (°F) 5.4
(41.7)		 6.0
(42.8)		 7.3
(45.1)		 7.2
(45)		 9.5
(49.1)		 12.2
(54)		 18.0
(64.4)		 18.5
(65.3)		 14.8
(58.6)		 10.4
(50.7)		 8.2
(46.8)		 7.0
(44.6)		 10.2
(50.4)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 49.4
(1.945)		 51.2
(2.016)		 34.1
(1.343)		 24.4
(0.961)		 2.7
(0.106)		 0.4
(0.016)		 0.0
(0)		 0.8
(0.031)		 7.5
(0.295)		 33.8
(1.331)		 70.6
(2.78)		 56.2
(2.213)		 366.1
(14.413)
Average rainy days 5.0 5.0 5.0 4.0 3.0 2.0 1.0 1.0 3.0 5.0 6.0 6.0 46
Mean daily sunshine hours 6.0 7.0 7.0 8.0 9.0 9.0 10.0 9.0 8.0 7.0 6.0 6.0 8
Percent possible sunshine 55 64 58 62 64 64 71 69 67 64 55 60 63
Source #1: Gobierno de Canarias [3]
Source #2: Weather Atlas (rainy days and sunshine data)[4]
Climate data for Vilaflor
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily daylight hours 11.0 11.0 12.0 13.0 14.0 14.0 14.0 13.0 12.0 11.0 11.0 10.0 12.2
Average Ultraviolet index 4 6 8 9 10 11 11 11 9 7 5 4 7.9
Source: Weather Atlas[4]

Historical population

YearPopulation
20031,798
20131,804

References

  1. 1 2 Instituto Canario de Estadística, area
  2. 1 2 Instituto Canario de Estadística Archived April 19, 2014, at the Wayback Machine., population
  3. ↑ "Documento informativo del Plan Especial del paisaje protegido de Ifonche" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04.
  4. 1 2 "Vilaflor, Spain - Climate data". Weather Atlas. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
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