Arrecife
municipality in the Canary Islands, Spain
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Summary
Arrecife is a municipality of Spain[1]. Arrecife ranks in the top 2% of municipality of spain entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,319 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Las Palmas[3]
- Country: Spain[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Atlantic Ocean[5]
- Head of government: Manuel Fajardo Feo[6]
- Continent: Europe[7]
- Instance of: city[8]
- Capital: Arrecife[9]
- Shares border with: Teguise[10], San Bartolomé[11]
- Twinned administrative body: Recife[12]
- Postal code: 35500[13]
- Part of: Mancomunitat de Municipis de la isla de Lanzarote para la prestación de los servicios regulados en el Reglamento Nacional de los Servicios Urbanos e Interurbanos de Transportes en Automóviles Ligeros[14]
- Commons category: Arrecife[15]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[16], UTC+02:00[17]
- Official website: http://www.arrecife.es/[18]
- Topic's main category: Category:Arrecife[19]
- Population: 55,673[20], 56,284[21], 57,357[22], 58,156[23], 59,127[24], 59,040[25], 56,834[26], 55,203[27], 53,920[28], 51,633[29], 48,253[30], 45,549[31], 56,880[32], 56,940[33]
- Office held by head of government: mayor of Arrecife[34]
- Capital of: Lanzarote[35]
- Official name: Arrecife[36]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Arrecife[37]
- Female population: 31,476[38]
- Male population: 31,512[39]
- Demonym: arrecifeño[40]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Arrecife[41]
- Elevation above sea level: 20 m[42]
Body
Physical Characteristics
Arrecife covers an area of 22.72 km²[43].
Why It Matters
Arrecife has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] Arrecife is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]