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Breña Alta

Breña Alta is a municipality on the eastern side of the island of , in the province of , in the . The ayuntamiento is in the town of San Pedro, at 350 m above sea-level, and only 9 km south of the island's capital Santa Cruz de la Palma.
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  • Type: Village with 2,410 residents
  • Description: municipality of Spain
  • Also known as: “38008”, “Brena Alta”, and “San Pedro de Breña Alta”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Maroparque and Hospital Universitario de La Palma.

Zoo
Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
fundación is an animal rescue centre in Breña Alta, , one of the , in . Opened in 2000, it houses around 450 animals. It gained over 250 extra animals during the 2021 volcanic eruption.

Hospital
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Square
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Santa Cruz de la Palma and Los Cancajos.

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is the capital of the Canary Island of La Palma and is located on its east side.

Hamlet
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is a small tourist resort in the island of . Its resident population is 713. It is located in the municipality of on the east coast of La Palma, between the island capital, , and .

Suburb
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is a suburb, which is situated 3½ km northeast of Breña Alta.

Breña Alta

Latitude
28.6638° or 28° 39′ 50″ north
Longitude
-17.7868° or 17° 47′ 12″ west
Population
2,410
Elevation
574 metres (1,883 feet)
Open location code
7CW4M677+G7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 285658837
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
6534183
Wiki­data ID
Q433958
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Waray—“Breña Alta” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Breña Alta”
  • Arabic: “برينيا ألتا”
  • Aragonese: “Breña Alta”
  • Asturian: “Breña Alta”
  • Basque: “Breña Alta”
  • Breton: “Breña Alta”
  • Catalan: “Breña Alta”
  • Cebuano: “Breña Alta”
  • Chechen: “Брения-Альта”
  • Chinese: “上布雷尼亚”
  • Danish: “Breña Alta”
  • Dutch: “Breña Alta”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “برينيا التا”
  • Esperanto: “Breña Alta”
  • French: “Breña Alta”
  • Galician: “Breña Alta”
  • Georgian: “ბრენია-ალტა”
  • German: “Breña Alta”
  • Hungarian: “Breña Alta”
  • Interlingua: “Breña Alta”
  • Irish: “Breña Alta”
  • Italian: “Breña Alta”
  • Ladin: “Breña Alta”
  • Latin: “Breña Alta”
  • Lithuanian: “Brenja Alta”
  • Lombard: “Breña Alta”
  • Malay: “Breña Alta”
  • Northern Frisian: “Breña Alta”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Breña Alta”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Breña Alta”
  • Persian: “برنیا آلتا”
  • Polish: “Breña Alta”
  • Portuguese: “Breña Alta”
  • Russian: “Брения-Альта”
  • Scots: “Breña Alta”
  • Silesian: “Breña Alta”
  • South Azerbaijani: “برنیا آلتا”
  • Spanish: “Breña Alta”
  • Swedish: “Breña Alta”
  • Tatar: “Брения-Альта”
  • Turkish: “Breña Alta”
  • Ukrainian: “Бренья-Альта”
  • Uzbek: “Breña Alta”
  • Venetian: “Breña Alta”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Breña Alta”

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