Todoque
Todoque was a locality belonging to the municipality of Los Llanos de Aridane, located in the southwest of the island of La Palma, Canary Islands. Its main neighborhoods were Todoque, Los Pasitos and Todoque de Arriba. The town was first badly damaged and many buildings destroyed by the Cumbre Vieja vulcano eruption in September 2021, which ended up engulfing it entirely.
Todoque | |
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Locality | |
 Iglesia de San Pío X prior to the 2021 Cumbre Vieja volcanic eruption | |
_OSM_map.jpg.webp)  Todoque Location in the Canary Islands  Todoque Todoque (Canary Islands) | |
| Coordinates: 28°37′00″N 17°54′08″W | |
| Country |  Spain |
| Autonomous Community |  Canary Islands |
| Province | Santa Cruz de Tenerife |
| Island | La Palma |
| Municipality | Los Llanos de Aridane |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 1,310 |
| Time zone | UTC±00:00 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (WEST) |
| Postcode | 38769 |
Toponymy
Todoque became a district of Los Llanos de Aridane with the name of Tedoque, both popularly and officially until the beginning of the 20th century. Its name comes from the aboriginal language, specifically from the word tedote. Most likely the Auritas distinguished between bare mountain ten/tene(r) and mountain covered with brush, tedote in reference to the volcano covered with scrub or volcanic cone that is located in Todoque. Also with the word ten/tene/tener have there is a rich toponymy that comes from the aboriginal language: Tenibucar, Tenerra, Tinizara (<Tenizara), Tenisca, Teneguía, Tendiña, Tenerife (white mountain). Abreu Galindo says: «The natives of the island of La Palma, gave it this name, Tenerife, made up of two dictions: tener, which means mountain and (sic) ife, which is white».
History
At the end of the 15th century, the area was part of the aboriginal canton of Tihuya, which stretched from the canton of Aridane to the mountain of Tamanca. It would cover the areas known as Tajuya, Todoque, Puerto Naos, La Laguna and part of Las Manchas.
In September and October 2021, its territory was affected by the Cumbre Vieja volcanic eruption.[1] On September 21, the lava flow reached the town and during the following days hundreds of buildings were destroyed, including the church of Saint Pius X, the health center, the headquarters of the neighborhood association, the School of Early Childhood Education, and Los Campitos Elementary School and the Todoque Elementary and the Infant Education School. On October 10, new lava flows destroyed the buildings that were still standing, leaving the town practically erased from the map.[2][3]
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Todoque in 2015
Volcanic eruption on the night of September 20, 2021, with the lava flowing towards Todoque
Location of Todoque within the lava flow on November 23, 2021
Extent of lava coverage with highlight of destroyed buildings i.a. in Todoque on November 23, 2021
Culture
- Iglesia de San Pío X, burned and collapsed by the lava flow on 26 September 2021.[4]
References
- Fernández, Silvia (22 September 2021). "Todoque, el pueblo que desaparece bajo la lava del volcán". La Vanguardia. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- "La colada norte del volcán de La Palma sepulta dos barrios y está a punto de crear una nueva fajana". eldia.es (in Spanish). 2021-10-11. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
- Castellanos, Silvio; Medina, Juan (10 October 2021). "Lava blocks the size of buildings falling from La Palma volcano". Reuters. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
- "La iglesia de Todoque termina engullida por el avance de la lava en La Palma". La Vanguardia. 2021-09-26. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
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