Alajeró

Alajeró is a municipality on the island of La Gomera in the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Canary Islands. It is located on the south coast, SW of the capital San Sebastián de la Gomera. As well as being a municipality, Alajeró is also the name of the administrative town that governs that municipality.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Alajeró
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_flag: Bandera de Alajeró.svg
Settlement.image_shield: Escudo de Alajeró.svg
Settlement.shield_size: 80px
Settlement.image_map: La Gomera municipio Alajeró.svg
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Alajeró on La Gomera
Settlement.pushpin_map: Canary Islands#Spain with Canary Islands
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in the Canary Islands
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Autonomous community
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Province
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Island
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric
Settlement.area_total_km2: 49.43
Settlement.elevation_m: 810
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto
Settlement.postal_code: E-38812

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

History
Economy
Subdivisions or settlements
Historical population
Sites of interest
See also
References
External links

The valleys (barrancos) and Atlantic coastal strip are used for arable farming, with mountains and hills in the north covered by forest and scrub/grassland used for grazing sheep and goats.

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