# Tegueste

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Municipality in Canary Islands, Spain

Tegueste Municipality Flag Coat of arms Municipal location in Tenerife Tegueste Location in Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife Show map of Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife Tegueste Tegueste (Canary Islands) Show map of Canary Islands Tegueste Tegueste (Spain, Canary Islands) Show map of Spain, Canary Islands Coordinates: 28°31′N 16°20′W / 28.517°N 16.333°W / 28.517; -16.333 Country Spain Autonomous Region Canary Islands Province Santa Cruz de Tenerife Island Tenerife Area [1] • Total 10.20 sq mi (26.41 km2) Elevation 1,280 ft (390 m) Population (2025-01-01)[2] • Total 11,490 • Density 1,127/sq mi (435.1/km2) Time zone UTC+1 (GMT) Climate Csb Website www.tegueste.org

For the Guanche Mencey, see [Tegueste (mencey)](/source/Tegueste_(mencey)).

**Tegueste** is a town and a municipality of the northeastern part of the island of Tenerife in the [Santa Cruz de Tenerife](/source/Santa_Cruz_de_Tenerife_(province)) province, on the [Canary Islands](/source/Canary_Islands), Spain. It is surrounded by the municipality of [San Cristóbal de La Laguna](/source/San_Crist%C3%B3bal_de_La_Laguna). The town Tegueste is located 4 km northwest of San Cristóbal de La Laguna and 11 km northwest of the island capital [Santa Cruz de Tenerife](/source/Santa_Cruz_de_Tenerife). Tegueste became independent from San Cristóbal de La Laguna in the 17th century.

Currently, it is thought that the place name *Tegueste* is related to [Thagaste](/source/Thagaste), a city in [Algeria](/source/Algeria) where [Saint Augustine of Hippo](/source/Saint_Augustine_of_Hippo) was born and a center of [Berber culture](/source/Berber_culture).[3][4]

## Historical population

Year Population 1991 8,027 1996 8,558 2001 9,417 2002 9,816 2003 9,948 2004 10,165 2013 11,078

## See also

- [List of municipalities in Santa Cruz de Tenerife](/source/List_of_municipalities_in_Santa_Cruz_de_Tenerife)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-area_1-0)** [Instituto Canario de Estadística](http://www.gobiernodecanarias.org/istac/jaxi-istac/menu.do?uripub=urn:uuid:fbc0bdc8-cacb-43b8-a5cb-a93f745dcff6), area

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** National Statistics Institute (13 December 2025). ["Municipal Register of Spain of 2025"](https://www.ine.es/dynt3/inebase/index.htm?padre=525).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Toponímia de Tegueste](https://tasekenit.com/tegueste/)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [Nombres guanches](http://eldia.es/cultura/2011-03-04/10-Nombres-guanches.htm)

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