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A '''''cabildo insular''''' ({{langx|en|island council}}) is anthe government and administrative entityinstitution of [[Spain]],each nowof exclusivethe toseven major islands in the [[Canary Islands]], though formerly with a long history especially in the New World. They are bodies of insular jurisdiction in the islands of,archipelago: [[Gran CanariaTenerife]], [[LanzaroteFuerteventura]], [[FuerteventuraGran Canaria]], [[TenerifeLanzarote]], [[La Palma]], [[La Gomera]] and [[El Hierro]]. The island of [[La Graciosa]] doesfalls notunder havethe itsjurisdiction ownof the ''cabildo'', being under trusteeship of Lanzarote. This entity has similarities with the [[consells insulars]] (''insular councils'') of the [[Balearic Islands]] in the Spanish [[Mediterranean]].

The members of a ''cabildo'' are elected by direct [[universal suffrage]] by the Spanish citizens of each island. The frontrunnermembership ofis thedetermined most-votedby [[party-list becomesproportional automaticallyrepresentation]]. PresidentIn of[[Francoist Spain]] the ''cabildo'',members althoughwere thisappointed canrather bethan changed through a [[motion to censor]]elected. later.

The ''cabildos'' wereOriginally created under the ''Law of Cabildos'' of [[1927]].1912,{{Sfn|Hernández DuringBravo [[Franciscode Franco]]'sLaguna|2014|p=785}} dictatorshipby its1925 membersthe were''cabildos electedinsulares'' byhad him,taken althoughover theypowers maintainedascribed theirto functionsthe of[[Provincial insulardeputation administration.(Spain)|provincial Once [[democracycouncils]].{{sfn|Hernández wasBravo restored,de Laguna|2014|page=788}} ''cabildosCabildos'' assumedexercise a competencylevel inof authority between those of provincialtheir deputiesprovince and their autonomous communities, in matters of [[health]], [[natural environment|environment]], [[culture]], [[sports]], [[industry]], [[highway]]s, [[freeway]]s, [[roads]], [[drinking water]] and [[irrigation]], [[hunting]] and [[fishing]] licencinglicensing, [[museum]]smuseums, [[beach]]esbeaches, [[public transportation]] and land organization. ''Cabildos'' can apply certain taxes onimpose [[fuel]]s taxes.

==List of ''cabildos insulares''==

==Spanish colonization of the Americas==

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

During the [[Spanish colonization of the Americas]], cabildos where also the ruling organism in several cities of the [[Viceroyalty]|viceroyalties]] in the [[Americas]]. For instance, the [[Cabildo de Buenos Aires]] was the most important cabildo of the [[Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata]].

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|[[Cabildo de El Hierro]]

|[[El Hierro]]

|[[File:Sede del Cabildo Insular de El Hierro, Canarias, España.JPG|199x95px]]

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|[[Cabildo de Fuerteventura]]

|[[Fuerteventura]]

|[[File:Edificio Cabildo Insular Fuerteventura.jpg|199x95px]]

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|[[Cabildo de Gran Canaria]]

|[[Gran Canaria]]

|[[File:Gran Canaria Cabildo.jpg|199x95px]]

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|[[Cabildo de Lanzarote]]

|[[Lanzarote]], [[La Graciosa]]

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|[[Cabildo de La Gomera]]

|[[La Gomera]]

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|[[La Palma]]

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|[[pt:Cabildo de Tenerife]]

|[[Tenerife]]

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===ExternalSee links=also==

*[[Cabildo de Tenerife]]

*[http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9018442/cabildo Encyclopaedia Britannica Cabildo]

*[[Cabildo (council)]]

{{Spanish terms for country subdivisions}}

*[[Local government in Spain]]

== References ==

{{reflist}}

== Bibliography ==

* {{Cite conference|year=2014|language=es|title=XX Coloquio de Historia Canario-Americana|chapter-url=https://revistas.grancanaria.com/index.php/CHCA/article/view/9214/8720|chapter=Los Cabildos Insulares en la Constitución y el Estatuto ¿transformación o continuidad?|first=Juan |last=Hernández Bravo de Laguna|page=788|publisher=Cabildo de Gran Canaria|___location=Las Palmas de Gran Canaria}}

==External links==

*[http://www.cabtfe.es/ Tenerife]

*[http://www.grancanaria.com/ Gran Canaria]

*[http://www.cabildodelanzarote.com/ Lanzarote]

*[http://www.cabildofuer.es/ Fuerteventura]

*[http://www.cabildodelapalma.es/ La Palma]

*[https://www.lagomera.es/ La Gomera]

*[http://www.elhierro.es/ El Hierro]

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