Arico
Sign in to saveArico is the name of a municipality and a village in the southeastern part of the island of Tenerife, one of the Canary Islands, Spain. It is part of the Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. The municipality is located in the southeastern part of the island, and extends for 178,76 square kilometers from the mountainous interior to the beaches on the Atlantic. Its estimated population is around 7,500. The TF-1 motorway passes through the eastern part of the municipality.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Arico
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality and town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Punta de Abona 271.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Punta de Abona
- Settlement.image_flag
- Bandera de Arico (Santa Cruz de Tenerife).svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Escudo de Arico (Santa Cruz de Tenerife).svg
- Settlement.image_map
- Tenerife municipio Arico.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 200px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Municipal location in Tenerife
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Spain Tenerife#Canary Islands#Spain with Canary Islands
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Tenerife
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Autonomous community
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Island
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Sebastián Martín Pérez (Primero Arico)
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 178.76
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Spain
- Official name
- Arico
- Country
- Spain
- Located in
- Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province
- Continent
- Europe
- Population
- 9505
- Area
- 178.75
- Elevation
- 556
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Body of water
- Atlantic Ocean
- Shares border with
- Granadilla de Abona
- Official website
- www.ayuntamientodearico.com
- Image
- Arico, en Santa Cruz de Tenerife (España).jpg
- Licence plate code
- TF
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- Commons category
- Arico
- postal code
- 38580
- topic's main category
- Category:Arico
- native label
- Arico
- male population
- 4151
- female population
- 3837
- P8168
- Danny Hesp
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- Geography and climate
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Arico is the name of a municipality and a village in the southeastern part of the island of Tenerife, one of the Canary Islands, Spain. It is part of the Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. The municipality is located in the southeastern part of the island, and extends for 178,76 square kilometers from the mountainous interior to the beaches on the Atlantic. Its estimated population is around 7,500. The TF-1 motorway passes through the eastern part of the municipality.
The city administration is located in Villa de Arico. The other villages located on this municipality are: Arico Nuevo, Arico Viejo, Abades, La Jaca, Tajao and Poris de Abona.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Arico” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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