The town was first badly damaged and many buildings destroyed by the Cumbre Vieja volcano eruption in September 2021, which ended up engulfing it entirely.

Todoque became a district of Los Llanos de Aridane with the name of Tedoque, both popularly and officially until the beginning of the 20th century.

Also with the word ten/tene/tener have there is a rich toponymy that comes from the aboriginal language: Tenibucar, Tenerra, Tinizara (

Abreu Galindo says: «The natives of the island of La Palma, gave it this name, Tenerife, made up of two dictions: tener, which means mountain and (sic) ife, which is white».

It would cover the areas known as Tajuya, Todoque, Puerto Naos, La Laguna and part of Las Manchas.