Island public administration · Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

Cabildo de Tenerife

Tenerife Island Council is the island’s governing institution. It manages public services, resident procedures, culture, transportation, the environment, and tourism.

About Cabildo de Tenerife

Tenerife Island Council

The Cabildo Insular de Tenerife is the island’s self-governing institution, based in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Its website brings together official information about services, news, events, and procedures for residents and businesses on the island.

Services and areas of responsibility

The institution organizes its work across several subject areas:

  • Social services: social affairs, gender equality, civil protection, and housing.
  • Sports, culture, and recreation: crafts, culture, sports, recreation, and historic heritage.
  • Economy, business, employment, and tourism: commerce, quality and consumer affairs, economic development and business, employment and public-sector jobs, and tourism.
  • Education, research, and development: cooperation, education and training, new technologies, and innovation.
  • Infrastructure, transportation, and roads: highways, land-use planning, and transportation.
  • Environment and rural affairs: water, the environment, landscape and waste, agriculture, hunting, livestock, and fishing.

Online services and resident assistance

The portal includes an electronic office with a procedure search tool, a personal area for managing case files and documents, and a notice board for current public calls. It also publishes scholarships and grants and lists resident-service offices with addresses and hours. An appointment system is available.

Institutional information and transparency

The website includes a transparency portal, press room, institutional information, and an internal reporting system. It also publishes news and events related to island life, including inclusive camps, cultural-event management courses, screenings at the TEA museum, housing initiatives for older adults with serious mental health conditions, and public transportation information from Titsa.

Address and phone

Address: 1 Plaza de España, 38003 Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain. Phone: +34 922 239 500.

Confirm contact information and office hours with the institution before handling a procedure.

In brief

Island public administration