Arrecife has more than 600 streets, some with up to 10 names, specifically the one we all know as "la avenida", the maritime avenue, the first street from the sea has 10 names. If we start in the Naos area, it begins by being called Olof Palme (assassinated Swedish prime minister and UN diplomat), on the corner of the treasury it is called Vargas, (builder of the Recova in 1859) it becomes Coll (local barrilla businessman) past the alley that leads us to the church of San Ginés. Past the corner of Calle Real, it has recently been called Avenida La Marina, but only for a few meters because at the height of the old parador it changes its name again to Blas Cabrera Felipe (scientist from Lanzarote), although only to the corner of the government delegation because as soon as you turn it is called Doctor Rafael González (doctor). At the corner of Visanta, his brother Doctor Ruperto González Negrín (politician and engineer) gives it its name. Past Calle 18 de Julio, the corner of the Sociedad Democracia is called Avenida Mancomunidad (provincial consortium of the island councils prior to the establishment of autonomy in the Canary Islands) to the corner of the Lancelot hotel where it has the name of Fred Olsen (Norwegian shipping company pioneer in the Canary Islands). Finally, under the mayoralty of Cándido Armas, on March 14, 1996, from the roundabout past the Betancores warehouse, the street is renamed Secundino Delgado (Canarian independence politician).
Other streets in Arrecife have more than one name, specifically in Titerroy, the entrance to the neighborhood on the San Bartolomé road (General García Escamez) begins by being called Avenida Hernández Pacheco (scientific researcher of volcanic geology), then, where the social housing begins, it is called Doctor Gregorio Marañón (doctor and writer), but after two blocks, where the primitive sweep of the neighborhood begins, it is called Tinache (volcano or montana in Tinajo), ending on La Joaquina street (fishing boat from Arrecife), which borders the open space that separates Titerroy from Altavista.
Well, having said that, let's say that in Arrecife most of them are named after people, a total of 277, of which only 24 are women. Next in quantity are the place names that give name to 181 streets. Then, certifying the importance of fishing and navigation in general in Arrecife, 49 streets are named after boats, the vast majority, 38 in total, are fishing boats that fished in the Port of Arrecife. In addition, in smaller numbers, 21 streets are named after artifacts, 19 descriptive of the place where they are, 14 are named after plants, 12 are named after couplets of Canarian folklore. To a lesser extent, 7 streets are named after as many ephemeris, 5 streets are named after entities, another 5 after Canarian aboriginal words and 5 are named after animals, among which are logically El guincho (in Tenorio, since 06-07-1988, being mayor José María Espino), La pardela (in Altavista, since 07-31-1979, being mayor Antonio Cabrera) and La gaviota (in the center of Arrecife, since 07-31-1979, being mayor Antonio Cabrera).
We will continue with the topic but I like to say, before finishing, that the first mayor of Arrecife, Lorenzo Cabrera, gives name to a street in Titerroy. Allied with the first parish priest of San Ginés, Francisco Acosta Espinosa (with a street in Titerroy since 1960, being mayor Ginés de la Hoz Gil, who since 1975 gives name to General García Escamez street that leads to Titerroy, passing in front of the Lanzarote Sports City); both promoted and achieved that Arrecife was segregated from Teguise (1798) becoming a municipality.
