Caleta de Sebo
Town in Canary Islands, Spain
29°13′51″N 13°30′11″W / 29.23083°N 13.50306°W / 29.23083; -13.50306
Spain
Canary Islands (1 January 2018)
35540
Caleta de Sebo (or Caleta del Sebo) is the main settlement and capital community of La Graciosa (Canary Islands, Spain).
With a population of 730 (INE, 2018),[1] Caleta de Sebo, together with the rest of the island of La Graciosa, is included in the municipality of Teguise on Lanzarote.
Tourism is the main industry along with fishing. Every year, tourists visit the island for its temperate climate and its sandy volcanic coasts. The island has a school, a lyceum, a post office, supermarkets, a port, beaches, the only bank in the island (a Bankia bank branch in danger of elimination as of September 2013[2]) and a square (plaza) where bicycles can be hired.
The town is the only port of entry to the island, offering regular ferry services to Órzola, Lanzarote.
Demographics
| Population of Caleta de Sebo | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| Pop. | 626 | 615 | 624 | 617 | 628 | 635 | 656 | 638 | 646 | 642 | 657 | 653 | 663 | 679 | 696 | 718 | 743 | 748 | 730 |
| ±% | — | −1.8% | +1.5% | −1.1% | +1.8% | +1.1% | +3.3% | −2.7% | +1.3% | −0.6% | +2.3% | −0.6% | +1.5% | +2.4% | +2.5% | +3.2% | +3.5% | +0.7% | −2.4% |
| Source: INE[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
References
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- ^ a b "Nomenclátor: Población del Padrón Continuo por Unidad Poblacional". Instituto Nacional de Estadística (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-04-04.
- ^ El Cabildo pide reconsiderar el cierre de Bankia en La Graciosa, Canarias 7, Carlos Inza, 4 september 2013.
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