Electra Wild. Chicas Hungaras. Lady Sidney. Santa Cruz has a population of , within its administrative limits. It is the second largest city in the Canary Islands and the main city on the island of Tenerife, with nearly half the island population living in or around it.
Santa Cruz is located in northeast quadrant of Tenerife, about off the northwestern coast of Africa within the Atlantic Ocean. The distance to the nearest point of mainland Spain is about. Between the territorial division of Spain and Santa Cruz de Tenerife was the sole capital of the Canary Islands, until when a decree ordered that the capital of the Canary Islands be shared, as it remains at present. The port is of great importance and is the communications hub between Europe, Africa and Americas, with cruise ships arriving from many nations.
The city is the focus for domestic and inter-island communications in the Canary Islands. Its harbour is one of Spains busiest; it comprises three sectors. It is important for commercial and passenger traffic, as well as for being a major stopover for cruisers en route from Europe to the Caribbean.
The city also has one of the worlds largest carnivals. The Carnival of Santa Cruz de Tenerife now aspires to become a World Heritage Site, and is the most important of Spain and the second largest in the world. In recent years the city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife has seen the construction of a significant number of modern structures and the citys skyline is the sixth in height across the country, only behind Madrid, Benidorm, Barcelona, Valencia and Bilbao.
In , the British newspaper The Guardian included Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the list of the five best places in the world to live.
