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Key facts
- Country
- Spain
- Autonomous region
- Canary Islands
- Province
- Santa Cruz de Tenerife
- Island
- Tenerife
- Mayor
- José Julián Mena Pérez, ( PSOE )
- Total
- 31.58 sq mi (81.79 km )
- Density
- 2,780/sq mi (1,073/km )
- Time zone
- UTC+0 ( WET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+1 ( WEST )
- Climate
- Csb
- Website
- www.arona.org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Arona
- Population
- 87793
- Area
- 81.79
- Elevation
- 630
- Official website
- www.arona.org
- Image
- Arona Church.JPG
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- Commons category
- Arona (Tenerife)
- postal code
- 38640
- male population
- 41283
- female population
- 39933
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Arona is a municipality in the southern part of the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands, Spanish region and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, in Macaronesia. The municipality covers an area of 81.79 square kilometres comprising 4% of the island's area. The town of Arona is 59 km southwest of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, the island's capital. The population in 2017 was about 93,496. It is the third largest city in Tenerife, after, Santa Cruz de Tenerife and San Cristóbal de La Laguna. Arona has a pleasant climate with temperatures ranging from 20 to 25 degrees Celsius. Notable places include the tourist resorts of Los Cristianos, Playa de las Americas, Costa del Silencio and Las Galletas. Arona also features Punta Salemas, the southernmost point of the island of Tenerife. The TF-1 motorway passes through the municipality.
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