Tías, Las Palmas facts for kids

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Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Canary Islands
Province	Las Palmas
Area
• Total	64.61 km2 (24.95 sq mi)
Elevation	200 m (700 ft)
Population
• Total	KIDDLE_IB
Demonym(s)	Tienses
Time zone	UTC±0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (WEST)
Postal code	35572

Tías is a town and a municipality in the southern part of the island of Lanzarote, province of Las Palmas, autonomous community of the Canary Islands, Spain. The town Tías is situated 4 km from the south coast and 10 km west of the island capital Arrecife.

Lanzarote's largest tourist resort, Puerto del Carmen, is entirely in the municipality of Tías, and was the location of the first hotels ever built on the island. Other settlements in the municipality are Mácher, La Asomada, Conil, Masdache.

Notable residents

The town of Tías is or has been home to:

• José Saramago, Portuguese writer, playwright and journalist, Nobel Prize for Literature 1998
• Alberto Vazquez-Figueroa, Spanish writer and novelist
• Helen Lindes, Spanish model, Miss Spain 2000 and runner-up to Miss Universe 2000
• Guillermina Fernández Díaz, born June 1902, the oldest Canary Island resident

Sister towns

• Adeje, Spain
• Azinhaga, Portugal (birthplace of José Saramago)
• Castril, Spain
• Llanes, Spain

See also

In Spanish: Tías (Las Palmas) para niños

• List of municipalities in Las Palmas