San Sebastián de La Gomera

Coordinates: 28°5′32″N 17°6′36″W / 28.09222°N 17.11000°W

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San Sebastián de La Gomera
Municipality
San Sebastián de La Gomera
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Coordinates: 28°5′32″N 17°6′36″W / 28.09222°N 17.11000°W / 28.09222; -17.11000
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 km² (43.86 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2023)^[2]
• Total	9,584
• Density	84/km² (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

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

References

^ ^a ^b Instituto Canario de Estadística, area
^ Estimate of 1 January 2023: from Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Madrid.
^ Estimate of 1 January 2023: from Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Madrid.
^ 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

Places adjacent to San Sebastián de La Gomera

Hermigua

Alajeró

San Sebastián de la Gomera

Atlantic Ocean

v t e Municipalities in the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Tenerife	Adeje Arafo Arico Arona Buenavista del Norte Candelaria Fasnia Garachico Granadilla de Abona La Guancha Guía de Isora Güímar Icod de los Vinos La Matanza de Acentejo La Orotava Puerto de la Cruz Los Realejos El Rosario San Cristóbal de La Laguna San Juan de la Rambla San Miguel de Abona Santa Cruz de Tenerife Santa Úrsula Santiago del Teide El Sauzal Los Silos El Tanque Tacoronte Tegueste La Victoria de Acentejo Vilaflor
La Palma	Barlovento Breña Alta Breña Baja El Paso Fuencaliente de La Palma Garafía Los Llanos de Aridane Puntagorda Puntallana San Andrés y Sauces Santa Cruz de la Palma Tazacorte Tijarafe Villa de Mazo
La Gomera	Agulo Alajeró Hermigua San Sebastián de la Gomera Valle Gran Rey Vallehermoso
El Hierro	La Frontera El Pinar de El Hierro Valverde

v t e Island capitals of the Canary Islands
Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife	Santa Cruz Santa Cruz de La Palma San Sebastián de La Gomera Valverde
Province of Las Palmas	Las Palmas Arrecife Puerto del Rosario Caleta de Sebo

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