La Guancha is a municipality in the north-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 20 km SSW of the island's capital, N of Los Cristianos and Las Américas of Arona and about 75 km N of Reina Sofia Airport.
The population is 5,318 (ISTAC, 2003), its density is 233.72/km² and the area is 23.77 km². The elevation is 501 m. La Guancha is linked north of the TF1 superhighway and is linked with a highway linking Icod de los Vinos and the capital and west of the TF2 superhighway. Farmland lies in the valley areas; and within the Atlantic, the mountain and the hills are to the south.
The main economy are agriculture and tourism.
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