Cabildo insular

A cabildo insular (English: island council) is the government and administrative institution of each of the seven major islands in the Canary Islands archipelago: Tenerife, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, La Palma, La Gomera and El Hierro. The island of La Graciosa falls under the jurisdiction of the cabildo of Lanzarote.

Location of the Canary Islands in relation to Spain

Map of the Canary Islands

The members of a cabildo are elected by direct universal suffrage by the Spanish citizens of each island. The membership is determined by party-list proportional representation. In Francoist Spain the members were appointed rather than elected.

Originally created under the Law of Cabildos of 1912,^[1] by 1925 the cabildos insulares had taken over powers ascribed to the provincial councils.^[2] 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 licensing, museums, beaches, public transportation and land organization. Cabildos can impose fuel taxes.

List of cabildos insulares

There are seven cabildos: El Hierro, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, La Gomera, La Palma, Lanzarote, and Tenerife.

Cabildo	Island(s)	Image
Cabildo de El Hierro	El Hierro
Cabildo de Fuerteventura	Fuerteventura
Cabildo de Gran Canaria	Gran Canaria
Cabildo de Lanzarote	Lanzarote, La Graciosa
Cabildo de La Gomera	La Gomera
Cabildo de La Palma	La Palma
Cabildo de Tenerife	Tenerife

See also

• Cabildo de Tenerife
• Cabildo (council)
• Local government in Spain