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municipality of Arrecife

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Arrecife is a municipal city from province of Las Palmas (Canary Islands, Spain). The city owes its name to the rock reef ("Arrecife"=reef in spanish) which covers the beach located in the city. It is a capital of island Lanzarote.

The town is located in the centre-east of the island, south of municipality Haría, east of Tinajo and northeast of Yaiza. There is airport near by and port that serving the other islands and also Europe and mainland Africa.

The main industries are agriculture, business and tourism. In town of Arrecife, on the front alongside the harbour, is sitauted the tallest building on the Canary Islands - the Gran Hotel Arrecife.

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General Facts about municipality of Arrecife

Longtitude: -13.54925419
Latitude: 28.96753196
Aerial Distance to Madrid: 1564.226km
Postal code : 35500 >>
Area size: 23.00km² >>
Population: 44980 inhabitants >>
Call Arrecife from Spain: 928 xxx xxx >>
International calls: ++34 928 xxx xxx

Places of Interest when visit municipality of Arrecife

Museum of Contemporary Art (municipality Arrecife; category: Museum; satellite view >>)
Castle of San Gabriel (municipality Arrecife; category: Fortress; satellite view >>)
Church of San Gines (municipality Arrecife; category: Church; satellite view >>)
Playa de El Reducto beach (municipality Arrecife; category: Beach resort; satellite view >>)
Airport Museum (municipality Arrecife; category: Museum; satellite view >>)
Castle of San Jose (municipality Arrecife; category: Fortress; satellite view >>)
El Charco de San Gines (municipality Arrecife; category: Port; satellite view >>)
Lanzarote International Marathon (municipality Arrecife; category: Sport;)

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