Granadilla de Abona

Granadilla de Abona
Municipality
San Antonio de Padua Church
Flag Coat of arms
Municipal location in Tenerife
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Coordinates: 28°7′0″N 16°34′0″W / 28.11667°N 16.56667°W / 28.11667; -16.56667
Country	Spain
Autonomous Community	Canary Islands
Province	Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Island	Tenerife
Government
• Mayor	José Domingo Regalado (CC)
Area
• Total	162.4 km2 (62.7 sq mi)
Elevation (AMSL)	650 m (2,130 ft)
Population  (2018)[1]
• Total	48,374
• Density	300/km2 (770/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+0 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (CEST (GMT +1))
Postal code	38600
Area code	+34 (Spain) + 922 (Tenerife)
Climate	Csb
Website	Town Hall

Granadilla de Abona is a municipality of Tenerife, located in the south of the island, occupying an area of 155 square kilometers. Its population in 2013 was 43,608. In recent years, the population has greatly increased due to an influx of immigrants, from Western Sahara, Colombia, Cuba, and other African and Latin American countries.^{[citation needed]}

The municipality extends from the altitudinous center of the island -Mount Guajara (2,718 m, the third-highest mountain on the island, after Teide and Pico Viejo) is situated in this municipality- to the Atlantic Ocean.

Reina Sofía Airport is located in this municipality, as well as the beachside town of El Médano ("The Sand Dune"), where many important windsurfing competitions are held. La Montaña Roja ("The Red Mountain"), a volcanic cone located in El Médano, is a protected natural preserve, along with five other "espacios naturales," which comprise 25% of the municipality's total area. Plans to build an industrial and commercial port in this municipality along a 5-kilometer (3.1 mi) sector along the coast, from Barranco del Río to Montaña Pelada, have been discussed but not implemented, due to concerns about the environmental damage such a development would cause (All objections have been cleared and port goes ahead).^[2] There is a wind farm in this municipality as well.^[3]