Agulo is located on the north coast of the island of La Gomera

La Gomera

La Gomera is one of Spain's Canary Islands, located in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa. In area, it is the second-smallest of the seven main islands of this group.- Political organization :...

 in the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Santa Cruz de Tenerife is the capital , second-most populous city of the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands and the 21st largest city in Spain, with a population of 222,417 in 2009...

 of the Canary Islands

Canary Islands

The Canary Islands , also known as the Canaries , is a Spanish archipelago located just off the northwest coast of mainland Africa, 100 km west of the border between Morocco and the Western Sahara. The Canaries are a Spanish autonomous community and an outermost region of the European Union...

. It is located WNW of the capital San Sebastián de la Gomera

San Sebastián de La Gomera

San Sebastián de la Gomera is a town and also an administrative district on La Gomera in the Canary Islands. Its population is 2,176 , its density is 47.6/km² and the area is 114.78 km²....

. The population is ranked last in the island.

Geography

Farmlands are in the valley areas and within the Atlantic, urban areas covers much of the area and the mountain and the hills are to the southeast. Its climate is mainly vegetation.

Much of the area are made up of farmlands, most of the farmlands are urbanized while most of the population shifted from rural to urban and tourism. The population are mainly urban today and its industry are agriculture, some businesses and tourism. The main crop production are bananas (Platanos) as well as fruits. It offers a view of the Atlantic Ocean.

Agulo is known as the "green balcony" In the mountainous areas, it features Agulo Casco, famous for its natural amphitheatre. In the area if Sobreagulo along with the settlements of Las Rosas, Las Palmitas, Meriga (the Meriga Forest with is part of UNESCO

UNESCO

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's World Heritage Site

World Heritage Site

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) and Cruz de Tierno located in the Garajonay National Park

Garajonay National Park

Garajonay National Park is located in the center and north of the island of La Gomera, one of the Canary Islands . It was declared a national park in 1981 and a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986...

. The highest point named Abrante features a spectacular view of Agulo with the island of Tenerife

Tenerife

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 km² and 906,854 inhabitants, 43% of the total population of the Canary Islands. About five million tourists visit Tenerife each year, the...

to the eastern part. The sites of interests includes Torta de Cuajada

Subdivisions

• Agulo (2005 pop: 707)
• Asomada de Medina (2005 pop: 58)
• Las Casas
• El Charco
• Lepe (2005 pop: 20)
• Meriga
• La Montañeta
• La Palmita
• Las Rosas
• De Vica

Sources

• Brown, A. Samler. Madeira Canary Islands and Azores. (London, S.E.: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Limited, 1908).

External links

• Tourist Office