El Tanque, Santa Cruz de Tenerife

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El Tanque

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Autonomous region:	Canary Islands
Province:	Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Island:	Tenerife
Area:	23.64 km² some reads 23.36 km²
Population:	3,111 (2001)
Population density:	135.28/km²
Elevation: Lowest: Centre: Highest:	about 200 m 90 m southern part
Location:	28.35/28°21' N lat. 16.75/16°45' W long.

El Tanque is a municipality in the northwestern part of the island of Tenerife, one of the Canary Islands, and part of the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. It is located about 90 km SSW of the island's capital, NW of Los Cristianos and Las Américas of Arona and about 60 km NW of Reina Sofia Airport.

The population is 3,198 (ISTAC, 2003), its density is 135.28/km² and the area is 23.64 km². The elevation is 480 m. Santaiago del Teide is linked north of the TF1 superhighway and northwest of the TF38 and west of the TF2 superhighway and also near the highway linking Adeje and Icod de los Vinos. Farmlands are in the valley areas and within the Atlantic, the mountain and the hills are surround El Tanque.

The main economy are agriculture.

[edit] Historical population

Year	Population	Change
March 1, 1991	3,058	-
May 1, 1996	3,247	-
2001	2,966	123,58/km²
2002	3,254	-
2003	3,198	135.28/km²
2004	3,111	133.18/km²

The population grew between 1991 and 1996 but slumped in 2001 but risen to the where the highest number of inhabitants last reached in 2002, afterwards, its 2003 and 2004 census read a slowdown.