Menceyato of Abona
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Abona was one of nine menceyatos (native Guanche kingdoms) that has divided the island of Tenerife after the death of mencey Tinerfe, in the days before the conquest of the islands by the Crown of Castile.
It extended over the municipalities Fasnia, Arico, Granadilla de Abona, San Miguel de Abona, Vilaflor as well as part of Arona. Its menceys were Atguaxoña and Adxoña (or Adjona).[1]
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[edit]- ^ Conquista y antiguedades de las islas de la Gran Canaria y su descripción, con muchas advertencias de sus privilegios, conquistadores, pobladores, y otras particularidades en la muy poderosa isla de Tenerife (Trad.Spa :"La conquista e i reperti delle isole Gran Canaria con la loro descrizione, sui privilegi, i conquistatori, i coloni, e altre caratteristiche della potente isola di Tenerife")