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Garachico

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Garachico is a municipality and town on the northern coast of Tenerife, about 52 km West of the capital Santa Cruz de Tenerife, 50 km from Tenerife North Airport and 67 km from Tenerife South Airport. The town itself nestles below a 500m+ (1500 ft) cliff.

Key facts

Settlement.name
Garachico
Settlement.image_flag
Bandera garachico.svg
Settlement.image_shield
Escudo garachico.png
Settlement.image_map
Tenerife municipio Garachico.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 of the town in Tenerife
Settlement.settlement_type
Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Autonomous community
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Province
Settlement.subdivision_type3
Island
Settlement.area_total_km2
29.28
Settlement.elevation_m
10
Settlement.population_density_km2
auto
Settlement.blank_name
Climate
Settlement.blank_info
Csa

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
town
Official name
Garachico
Country
Spain
Located in
Tenerife
Continent
Europe
Population
4940
Area
29.28
Elevation
10
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Body of water
Atlantic Ocean
Shares border with
Icod de los Vinos
Official website
www.garachico.es
Image
Garachico, en Santa Cruz de Tenerife (España).jpg
Licence plate code
TF
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twinned administrative body
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Commons category
Garachico
postal code
38450
topic's main category
Category:Garachico
male population
2442
female population
2429
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Garachico is a municipality and town on the northern coast of Tenerife, about 52 km West of the capital Santa Cruz de Tenerife, 50 km from Tenerife North Airport and 67 km from Tenerife South Airport. The town itself nestles below a 500m+ (1500 ft) cliff.

The city of Garachico with its port was founded by a Jewish Genoan banker Cristóbal de Ponte after the conquest of Tenerife in 1496.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Garachico” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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