Santa Cruz de Tenerife Liga on two occasions, in 1992–93 and 1995–96. It is the only Canary team that has played a European competition. International schools: The consulates located in Santa Cruz de Tenerife are: Santa Cruz de Tenerife is twinned with: 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
Flag of Tenerife Tenerife as Nivaria, derived from the Latin words "nix", "nivis" or "nives", meaning snow, in clear reference to the snow-covered peak of the Teide volcano. The name of Tenerife is derived from the language of the Benehaorits - the natives of nearby La Palma. "Tene" means "mountain" and "ife" means "white". After colonisation by Spain, the letter "r" was added, uniting both words. The flag was first adopted as a maritime registry flag of the maritime province of the Canary Islands. It was initially adopted in 1845 by Royal Order and was adopted as the flag of Tenerife by an