{{Infobox settlement | name= Arafo | image_flag= Bandera de Arafo.svg | image_shield= Escudo de Arafo (Santa Cruz de Tenerife).svg | image_map= Tenerife municipio Arafo.svg | mapsize= 200px | map_caption= Municipal location in Tenerife | pushpin_map = Spain Tenerife#Canary Islands#Spain with Canary Islands | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Tenerife | settlement_type= Municipality | subdivision_type= Country | subdivision_name= {{Flag|Spain}} | subdivision_type1= Autonomous community | subdivision_name1= {{Flag|Canary Islands}} | subdivision_type2= Province | subdivision_name2= {{Flag|Santa Cruz de Tenerife}} | subdivision_type3= Island | subdivision_name3= {{Flag|Tenerife}} | area_total_km2= 33.92 | area_footnotes= <ref name="area">{{cite web|title=SUPERFICIE, PERÍMETRO Y ALTITUD DE LOS MUNICIPIOS DE CANARIAS. |url=http://www2.gobiernodecanarias.org/istac/estadisticas/territorio_ambiente/territorio/territorio_1_1_9.html |language=Spanish |publisher=Instituto Canario de Estadística (ISTAC) }}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> | elevation_m= 470 | elevation_footnotes=<ref name="area"/> | population_as_of= {{Spain metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} | population_footnotes= {{Spain metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}} | population_total= {{Spain metadata Wikidata|population_total}} | population_density_km2= auto | coordinates = {{coord|28|20|24|N|16|25|10|W|region:ES-CN|display=inline,title}} | blank_name = Climate | blank_info = Csb }}
'''Arafo''' is a municipality of the southeastern part of the island of Tenerife in the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, on the Canary Islands. The town Arafo is situated 5 km west of the coast town Candelaria and 22 km southwest of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. The TF-1 motorway passes through the eastern part of the municipality.
==Historical population== {| class="wikitable" ! Year !! Population |- | 1991 || 4,200 |- | 1996 || 4,667 |- | 2001 || 4,995 |- | 2002 || 5,156 |- | 2003 || 5,122 |- | 2004 || 5,256 |- | 2005 || 5,276 |- | 2009 || 5,502 |}
==See also== {{Portal|Spain}} *List of municipalities in Santa Cruz de Tenerife
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{Geographic location |Centre = Arafo |North = Candelaria |Northeast = |East = ''Atlantic Ocean'' |Southeast = |South = Güímar |Southwest = |West = La Orotava |Northwest = La Victoria de Acentejo |image = }}
{{Tenerife|Arafo}} {{Municipalities in Santa Cruz de Tenerife|state=autocollapse}} {{Authority control}}
Category:Municipalities in Tenerife