Menceyato of Adeje

Tenerife prior to the Castilian conquest.
Statue of Tinerfe (Adeje, Tenerife).

Adeje was one of the 9 menceyatos guanches (native kingdoms) that had divided the island of Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain) before the arrival of the conquering Spaniards and occupied the present day towns of Guía de Isora, Adeje and Vilaflor in the southwest of Tenerife.

The kings of Adeje were Betzenuriya, Pelicar, Tinerfe and Sunta.

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