Municipality of Tenerife, located in the north of the island. Mostly rural, the municipality stretches for 30 square kilometers from the volcanic peaks that rise in the center of the island to the Atlantic. The municipality seat, also called Tacoronte, lies 4 km from Los Rodeos Airport. Old manorial houses and farms are situated here, as well as vineyards that produce the wine known as Tacoronte-Acentejo.
Tacoronte is a toponym of Guanche origin, believed to be derived from "Tagoror," meaning "place where the Council of Elders meets." Its territory constituted an ancient menceyato, as the Guanche kingdoms were known, ruled by the mencey Acaymo . After the Spanish conquest of Tenerife, the area was settled by the Portuguese Sebastián Machado, who founded the town of Tacoronte around the hermitage of Santa Catalina that he had built. The town grew during succeeding centuries and in 1911, Alfonso XIII granted the town the status of “municipio.”
Its inhabitants are known as “tacoronteros.”
References
Ayuntamiento de Tacoronte
Tacoronte op Spanje vakantieland (Article in Dutch)
