Tías, Las Palmas facts for kids

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Municipality
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Municipal location in Lanzarote
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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  (2018)
• Total	20,006
• Density	309.64/km2 (801.97/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Tienses
Time zone	UTC±0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (WEST)
Postal code	35572

Tías is a lively town and a municipality located in the southern part of Lanzarote. This island is part of the Canary Islands, a group of Spanish islands in the Atlantic Ocean. Tías is about 4 kilometers from the coast and 10 kilometers west of Arrecife, the island's capital.

This municipality is home to Puerto del Carmen, which is Lanzarote's biggest tourist spot. It was also where the very first hotels on the island were built. Other smaller towns in the Tías area include Mácher, La Asomada, Conil, and Masdache.

Famous People from Tías

Many interesting people have lived in or come from the town of Tías. Here are a few of them:

• José Saramago: He was a famous Portuguese writer, playwright, and journalist. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1998 for his amazing stories.
• Alberto Vazquez-Figueroa: A well-known Spanish writer and novelist.
• Helen Lindes: A Spanish model who was crowned Miss Spain in 2000. She also placed highly in the Miss Universe 2000 competition.
• Guillermina Fernández Díaz: Born in June 1902, she was known as the oldest resident of the Canary Islands for a time.

Tías's Sister Towns

Tías has special connections with other towns around the world, called "sister towns." These connections help promote friendship and understanding between different places.

• Adeje, Spain
• Azinhaga, Portugal (This is where José Saramago was born!)
• Castril, Spain
• Llanes, Spain