San Sebastián de La Gomera

San Sebastián de La Gomera
Municipality
San Sebastián de La Gomera
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Las San Sebastián de La Gomera
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Coordinates: 28°5′32″N 17°6′36″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 [1]
• Total	113.59 km^2 (43.86 sq mi)
Population  (1 January 2023)[2]
• Total	9,584
• Density	84/km^2 (220/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 9,584 in 2023,[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 what he thought were the Indies not knowing that the Americas were what he eventually discovered.[4]

List of notable people

• Ignacio Lorenzo de Armas (born 1706), settler and mayor of San Antonio, Texas in 1738 and 1764.

Gallery

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  San Sebastián de La Gomera
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  Torre del conde
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  Church Iglesia de La Asunción
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  Roque de Agando
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  The big Fred. Olsen Express ferry
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  Old and new in San Sebastian
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  Old windmill in San Sebastian

San Sebastián de la Gomera, with the towering volcano Teide in the background on the island of Tenerife

San Sebastián de la Gomera seen from the northwest

See also

• List of municipalities in Santa Cruz de Tenerife

References

1. Instituto Canario de Estadística, area
2. Estimate of 1 January 2023: from Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Madrid.
3. Estimate of 1 January 2023: from Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Madrid.
4. 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

• San Sebastian de La Gomera - Canary Islands Info