El Hierro - Political Organization

Political Organization

The island is part of the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, and includes three municipalities:

  • Frontera
  • Valverde
  • El Pinar

Valverde is situated in the northeast and Frontera in the southwest, both contain several villages.

The seat of the island government (cabildo insular) is in the town of Valverde, which houses approximately half of the island's population.

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    The merely political aspect of the land is never very cheering; men are degraded when considered as the members of a political organization.
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