Menceyato of Icode

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Icod or Icode was one of nine menceyatos (native Guanche kingdoms) that had divided the island of Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain) after the death of mencey Tinerfe.

Tenerife prior to the Castilian conquest.

It occupied a part of the existing municipalities of El Tanque, La Guancha, Icod de los Vinos as well as part of Garachico. Its last mencey was Pelicar.[1]

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  1. ^ 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")
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