San Bartolomé is a village and ayuntamiento (county) in 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...

 (Spain

Spain

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), belonging to the Province of Las Palmas. It is situated in the center of the island of Lanzarote

Lanzarote

Lanzarote , a Spanish island, is the easternmost of the autonomous Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean, approximately 125 km off the coast of Africa and 1,000 km from the Iberian Peninsula. Covering 845.9 km2, it stands as the fourth largest of the islands...

. The county of San Bartolomé stretches to the southern coast of the island.

Its area is 40.89 km², its density is 403.06/km² and its population 16,481 inhabitants (ISTAC, 2003). Its altitude is 240 meters above sea level.

The village is located north-west of Arrecife (the capital of Lanzarote) on the main highway LZ1

LZ1 (Lanzarote)

LZ1 is one of the main highways of Lanzarote in the Canary Islands. It connects the centre of the island to the north....

 and west of Teguise (the former capital) and Haría. The Timanfaya-Mountains are about 20 km west of S.B.
There is no industry. Most of the inhabitants work as craftsmen, farmers or in the service for tourism which is the biggest economic factor on Lanzarote.

Geography

• Location:
  • Latitude: 29.0 (29°0.07') N
  • Longitude: 13.6 (13°36.74') W
• Altitude:
  • Lowest: Atlantic Ocean
  • Centre: 240 m
• Postal code: 35550

Other

San Bartolomé (SAN BARTOLOMÉ COUNCIL WEBSITE) has schools, lyceums, a gymnasia, a church, beaches, a port, a post office, parks and a squares (plaza).

See also

• List of municipalities in Las Palmas

  	North: Teguise Teguise, Las Palmas Teguise is a Canarian municipality and town in the north-central and the eastern portion of the island of Lanzarote in the Las Palmas province in the Canary Islands The population is 14,214 , its density is 53.84/km² and the area is 263.98 km². The town population is around 3,000...
  West: Tías Tías, Las Palmas Tías is a town and borough in the southwest of the island of Lanzarote, province of Las Palmas, autonomous community of the Canary Islands, Spain.It is located southeast of the main highway linking Arrecife and Yaiza....	San Bartolomé	East: Arrecife Arrecife Arrecife is a city in the Canary Islands situated in the centre-east of the island of Lanzarote of which it has been the capital since 1852. The city owes its name to the rock reef which covers the beach located in the city...
  	South: Atlantic Ocean	Southeast: Atlantic Ocean