Santa Cruz de Tenerife Santa Cruz de Tenerife Santa Cruz de Tenerife (commonly abbreviated as Santa Cruz (, ) is a major city, capital of the island of Tenerife, Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, and capital (jointly with Las Palmas) of the Canary Islands. Santa Cruz has a population of 206,593 (2013) within its administrative limits. The urban zone of Santa Cruz extends beyond the city limits with a population of 507,306 and 538,000 within urban area. It is the second largest city in the Canary Islands and the main city on the island of Tenerife, with nearly half of the island's population
Name of Quebec City "Québécois" (male) or "Québécoise" (female). To avoid confusion with "Québécois/e" meaning an inhabitant of the province, the term "Québécois/e de Québec" for residents of the city is sometimes used. In English, the terms Quebecer (or Quebecker) and Québécois/e are common. Also, Quebec City is sometimes referred to as ""la capitale nationale"" ("the national capital"). The government officially named it this way under the Union Nationale party. The provincial administrative region where the city is situated bears the name Capitale-Nationale (capitalized). The word "national" is the adjective for the noun "nation" used in its normal basic sense and refers to Quebec