- Cabildo Canaries
"Cabildos" are a Spanish system of government administration that are now only used in the
Canary Islands , with one governing each main island.The members of a "cabildo" are elected by direct
universal suffrage by the Spanish citizens of each island. The membership is determined byparty-list proportional representation .The "cabildos" were created under the "Law of Cabildos" of 1912. During
Francisco Franco 's dictatorship they were appointed rather than elected. "Cabildos" exercise a level of authority between those of their province and their autonomous communities in matters of health, environment, culture, sports, industry, roads, drinking water and irrigation, hunting and fishing licencing, museums, beaches, public transportation and land organization. "Cabildos" can imposefuel taxes.The island of
La Graciosa falls under the jurisdiction of the cabildo ofLanzarote .ee also
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Cabildo de Tenerife
*Cabildo (council) External links
* [http://www.grancanaria.com/patronato_turismo/283.0.html Gran Canaria]
* [http://www.cabildodelanzarote.com/ Lanzarote]
* [http://www.cabildofuer.es/ Fuerteventura]
* [http://www.cabtfe.es/ Tenerife]
* [http://www.cablapalma.es/ La Palma]
* [http://www.cabildogomera.org/index2.htm La Gomera]
* [http://www.elhierro.es/ El Hierro]
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