Savin in the island of the iron

Islas Canarias Savin in the island of the iron

The iron is the more southern thing of the isla canarias España. belong to the province of cross female saint of Tenerife( 10.477 |hab|.) ( .2005 ). Your capital is Valverde, municipality in which it is put the port of the mining concession and the airport of the iron.The name of the island, fit with hardware, in spite of which one can think come of the aboriginal language ( wound ) but, during the conquest, it is transformed for similitude with the Castilian word.In the text of Pliny the Elder ( who took as source to Juba II ) in which it names to the Canary Islands, they appear a series of names. Although there is nothing to indicating with security that this is would that, is accustomed to relate to the island that appears denominate as Capraria with the iron. As for the Capraria term the debate draws about three theories: the first they identify to |capraria| with the great number of present goats in the island; the second speech of an error of transcription, and as long as in the description that does Pliny of the island says become full of big lizards, it is possible that the original term out Sauraria; the third refers to the existence of the |etnónimo| or names of |caprarii| |norteafricana| tribe, as well as the Caprarienses mountains.http ://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Hierro

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