San Miguel de Abona

San Miguel de Abona
Municipal location in Tenerife
San Miguel de Abona
Location in Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife
San Miguel de Abona
San Miguel de Abona (Canary Islands)
San Miguel de Abona
San Miguel de Abona (Spain, Canary Islands)
Coordinates: 28°6′N 16°37′W / 28.100°N 16.617°W / 28.100; -16.617
Sovereign state Spain
Autonomous community Canary Islands
Province Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Island Tenerife
Area
 • Total
42.04 km2 (16.23 sq mi)
Population
 (2025-01-01)[2]
 • Total
23,960
 • Density569.9/km2 (1,476/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)
ClimateCsb
Websitewww.sanmigueldeabona.es

San Miguel de Abona is a town and a municipality in the southern part of the island of Tenerife, one of the Canary Islands, and part of the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain. The TF-1 motorway passes through the southern part of the municipality.

The population is 16,099 (2013[3]), its area is 42.04 km2.[1]

In the south of the municipality, on the coastline, lies the golf course and holiday/residential village of Golf del Sur. Also on the coast is Amarilla Golf & Country Club. Golf del Sur has hosted several professional golf tournaments including the Tenerife Open, the Tenerife Ladies Open.

Historical population

Year Population
1991
1996 5,776
2001 8,398
2002 9,174
2003 9,988
2004 10,802
2013 16,099
2022 22,000

Birthplace

As for the place of birth, 54% of the inhabitants of the municipality were born in the Canary Islands, of which 48% had been born in the municipality itself, 44% in another municipality of the island and 8% came from another island of the archipelago. The rest of the population was 9% made up of peninsular mainland Spaniards and 37% born abroad.[4]

Population by birthplace (2021)

Country of birth Population
United Kingdom 2,299
Italy 1,182
Venezuela 649
Germany 475
Colombia 217
Cuba 210
Argentina 174
Belgium 172
Uruguay 153
China 141

References

  1. ^ a b Instituto Canario de Estadística, area
  2. ^ National Statistics Institute (13 December 2025). "Municipal Register of Spain of 2025".
  3. ^ Instituto Canario de Estadística Archived 2014-04-19 at the Wayback Machine, population
  4. ^ "Población según sexos, edades, nacionalidades y países de nacimiento. Canarias, islas, comarcas y municipios por periodos". gobiernodecanarias. 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2025.