Todoque is a ghost town 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.
18-466: 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
36-535: A coastal length of 6.43 km (4 mi). Its main neighborhoods are: Los Llanos, Argual, Montaña Tenisca, El Roque, Los Barros, La Laguna, Todoque , Las Manchas de Abajo , Puerto Naos, Triana, Retamar Jedey and El Remo. The municipality is one of the economic engines of the island with an economy based on bananas and tourism. The municipality has an extensive educational system, both primary and secondary school and university. The public network of childhood education centers and primary and secondary schools depends on
54-657: Is a distance learning and research university founded in 1972 and is the only university run by the government of Spain . The headquarters is located in Madrid , with campuses in all Spanish autonomous communities . There are 14 study centers and 3 exam points in 13 countries in Europe , the Americas and Africa . The University awards undergraduate and postgraduate degrees , as well as non-degree qualifications such as diplomas and certificates , or continuing education units. UNED
72-407: Is focused on distance learning combined with traditional classroom instruction (called hybrid or blended ) and supports over 150,000 students. Founded in 1972 with the stated purpose of providing education opportunities via a distance education system - in which students are taught while not being physically present - UNED awards the same qualifications as other Spanish universities and has
90-464: 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». At
108-684: The College of Special Education Acerina Princess and Official Language School of Los Llanos. The university presence in Los Llanos is composed of the National University of Distance Education ( UNED ) There is only one private center in the municipality, the Holy Family of Nazareth School offers childhood, primary and secondary education. Los Llanos and has 2 libraries, the main one in the House of Culture of
126-621: The Ministry of Education, Universities, Culture and Sports of the Canary Government. Among the primary schools are: CEIP El Roque, C.E.I.P. Mayantigo, C.E.I.P. Puerto Naos, C.E.I.P. Tajuya, C.E.I.P. Todoque, C.E.I.P. 25 Years of Peace, C.E.I.P. Las Manchas and C.E.I.P. Los Campitos. In addition to two secondary schools, IES Eusebio Barreto Lorenzo and I.E.S. Jose Maria Perez Pulido are the Agricultural Training School in Los Llanos,
144-516: The Spanish newspaper El País featured an article about the launch of UNX, an online platform for teaching entrepreneurship through building mobile apps with App Inventor. UNED is a collaborating partner in this project, along with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for Mobile Learning. The UNX online courses are intended to bring technology and entrepreneurship education about to
162-499: 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 2020 the population in the statistical area was estimated to be 1310. In September and October 2021, its territory was affected by the Cumbre Vieja volcanic eruption . On September 21,
180-487: The entire Spanish-speaking world. A number of factors have been cited to justify the public prestige of UNED: In the last 30 years, UNED has awarded almost 2,000 PhD degrees. Its international reputation is indicated in that it has held the UNESCO chair in distance education since 1997. This chair promotes research, development and documentation in the field of distance education. Today, UNED comprises 11 faculties and
198-408: The following bachelor's degree studies: UNED hosted several educational radio programs , broadcast internationally on Radio 3 of RNE . Edith Checa was the director and announcer of the following from 1989 to 2005: Educational documentaries were broadcast internationally on La 2 on TVE and on TVE Internacional . Edith Checa was a presenter and writer. Recordings of the shows are hosted on
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#1733084785766216-525: The future school. In 2023 the estimated population in the Todoque statistical area was 986. Los Llanos de Aridane Los Llanos de Aridane is a municipality of the Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife , Canary Islands , Spain. It is located in the west of the island of La Palma , in the Aridane Valley. With 20,930 inhabitants (2013) it is the most populous municipality of La Palma. In August 1812,
234-609: 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
252-457: The municipality and the other in the Cultural Center of Argual. They share resources, effort, knowledge and experience in order to improve the educational and cultural city. National University of Distance Education Consortium . Note: Associations and entities. The National Distance Education University ( Spanish : Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia , UNED )
270-647: The same entry requirements . UNED currently has 61 study centers in Spain and - with the co-operation of local institutions - 14 international centers. These locations provide face-to-face sessions with professors once a week. The international centers are located in Bata , Bern , Brussels , Buenos Aires , Caracas , Frankfurt , Lima , London , Malabo , Mexico City , Paris and São Paulo . There are exam points in Bogotá , Berlin , New York , Rome and Santiago de Chile . In 2012
288-464: The service organization Rotary International , supported the construction of a school that will replace those in Todoque (Colegio de Educación Infantil y Primaria Todoque) and Los Campitos (Colegio de Educación Infantil y Primaria Los Campitos), destroyed by the volcanic eruption, in Nuevo Todoque, south of the lava fields . The organization will contribute one million euros for the construction of
306-452: The town of Los Llanos was established. At that time it also included the towns El Paso, Tazacorte and Argual. In 1837, El Paso was separated from Los Llanos. In 1925 Tazacorte, which was then the most populous and most economically developed town of the municipality, was separated from Los Llanos. The municipality covers an area of 35.79 square kilometres (13.82 sq mi). Its altitude is 325 meters (1,066 ft) above sea level and has
324-410: The town practically erased from the map. In November 2021, while the volcanic eruption was still continuing, a new neighborhood called "Nuevo Todoque" has been proposed, which will be located south of the current Todoque that was destroyed, on a 400,000-square-metre (4,300,000 sq ft) plot of land with 543 homes despite the fact that it is located in an area of high volcanic risk. In March 2023,
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