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{{Infobox settlement
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|leader_name            =José Miguel Rodríguez Fraga
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'''Adeje''' is a town and municipality in the southwestern part of the island of [[Tenerife]], one of the [[Canary Islands]], and part of the province of [[Santa Cruz de Tenerife (province)|Santa Cruz de Tenerife]], [[Spain]]. The town Adeje is located 4&nbsp;km from the coast, 8&nbsp;km north of the resort town [[Los Cristianos]], 60&nbsp;km southwest of the island capital [[Santa Cruz de Tenerife]] and about 17&nbsp;km northwest of [[Tenerife South Airport]].

Adeje is the western terminus of the [[Autopista TF-1|TF-1]] motorway, which connects it with the south and east coast of the island. The [[Barranco del Infierno (Tenerife)|Barranco del Infierno]] gorge is located in the municipality.

Its economy is based on business, tourism and agriculture. Adeje is also home to the large [[water park]] [[Siam Park (Tenerife)|Siam Park]], which is considered one of the most prestigious water parks in the world.<ref>[https://www.elmundo.es/viajes/espana/2020/09/10/5f56514621efa039718b45cf.html El mejor parque acuático del mundo está en España por séptimo año consecutivo]</ref> Adeje is an important tourist center both on the island and nationally and internationally. This municipality has the highest concentration of [[Hotel rating|5 star hotels]] in [[Europe]]<ref>[https://diariodeavisos.elespanol.com/2018/06/las-nuevas-catedrales-del-turismo-en-tenerife/ Las nuevas ‘catedrales’ del turismo en Tenerife]</ref> and also has what is considered the best luxury hotel in Spain according to ''World Travel Awards''.<ref>[http://www.eleconomista.es/evasion/noticias/9254628/07/18/Tenerife-tiene-el-mejor-hotel-de-lujo-de-Espana.html Tenerife tiene el mejor hotel de lujo de España]</ref>

==History==
A hundred years before the [[Conquest of the Canary Islands|Spanish conquest]] (1494), this place was the capital of the [[Menceyato of Adeje]], one of the [[guanches]] (local kingdoms) in which the island was divided. It is now one of the most important [[tourist]] cities in the Canary Islands.

==Communities==
[[File:Tenerife Adeje beach E.jpg|thumb|285px|Adeje beach]]
Many seaside communities of Adeje are major tourist hot spots. The main communities there are:
* [[Costa Adeje]]
* Playa Paraiso
* La Caleta
* Playa Fañabe
* Callao Salvaje

== Shopping ==

=== Siam Mall ===
Located next to the water kingdom of Siam Park, Siam Mall is a shopping center with two floors, alongside an underground parking lot with 1,100 free spaces.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}

== Sights ==

* [[Casa Fuerte de Adeje]]
* Iglesia de Santa Úrsula
* Antiguo Convento Franciscano de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe y San Pablo
* Conjunto Histórico del Caserío de Taucho
* [[Siam Park (Tenerife)|Siam Park]]

=== Beaches ===
Adeje beaches include:
* Playa Fañabé
* Playa del Duque
* Playa de Torviscas
* Playa la Pinta
* Playa Ajabo
* Playa San Juan
* Playa del Bobo
* Playa del puerto de Colón
* Playa Blanca
* Playa de Troya


== Demography ==
Adeje has a total population of 50.549 inhabitants (INE 2024)
{| align='top' style='text-align:center' class='wikitable center'
|+ Population of Adeje (2022)<ref name = Nacionalidad>{{cite web|access-date=1 April 2024 |author=Instituto Nacional de Estadística (España) |title=Población por sexo, edad (grandes grupos) y nacionalidad (española/extranjera) |url=https://www.ine.es/dynt3/inebase/es/index.htm?padre=9842&capsel=8957}}<!-- auto-translated from Spanish by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
! Nationality
! Males
! Females
! Total
! %
! Proportion
|-
| Spanish||13 179||12 779||25 958||52.6 %||<hr style='margin-left:0;width:300px;height:32px;background:coral'/>
|-
| Foreign||11 614||11 698||23 312||47.3 %||<hr style='margin-left:0;width:266px;height:32px;background:#80BFFF'/>
|}

{| align='top' style='text-align:center' class='wikitable center'
|+ Foreign nationalities in Adeje (2022)<ref name = 'Procedencia'>{{cite web |author=Instituto Nacional de Estadística (España) |accessdate=1 April 2024 |title=Población por sexo, municipios y nacionalidad (principales nacionalidades) |url=https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=33572}}<!-- auto-translated from unknown (Italian or Spanish) by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
! Country
! Hombres
! Mujeres
! Total
! %
! Proporción
|-
| align="left"|{{ITA}}||2972||2406||5378||23.1 %||<hr style='margin-left:0;width:300px;height:32px;background:#80BFFF'/>
|-
| align="left"|{{GBR}}||1790||1830|| ||15.5 %||<hr style='margin-left:0;width:201px;height:32px;background:#80BFFF'/>
|-
| align="left"|{{RUS}}||613||876||3620||6.4 %||<hr style='margin-left:0;width:83px;height:32px;background:#80BFFF'/>
|-
| align="left"|{{ROM}}||525||582||1107||4.7 %||<hr style='margin-left:0;width:61px;height:32px;background:#80BFFF'/>
|-
| align="left"|{{GER}}||387||455||842||3.6 %||<hr style='margin-left:0;width:46px;height:32px;background:#80BFFF'/>
|-
| align="left"|{{CHN}}||409||369||778||3.3 %||<hr style='margin-left:0;width:43px;height:32px;background:#80BFFF'/>
|-
| align="left"|{{FRA}}||365||377||742||3.2 %||<hr style='margin-left:0;width:41px;height:32px;background:#80BFFF'/>
|-
| align="left"|{{MAR}}||476||265||741||3.2 %||<hr style='margin-left:0;width:41px;height:32px;background:#80BFFF'/>
|-
| align="left"|{{POL}}||270||380||650||2.8 %||<hr style='margin-left:0;width:36px;height:32px;background:#80BFFF'/>
|-
| align="left"|{{VEN}}||286||341||627||2.7 %||<hr style='margin-left:0;width:34px;height:32px;background:#80BFFF'/>
|-
| align="left"|{{COL}}||215||262||477||2.0 %||<hr style='margin-left:0;width:26px;height:32px;background:#80BFFF'/>
|-
| align="left"|{{BUL}}||206||221||427||1.8 %||<hr style='margin-left:0;width:23px;height:32px;background:#80BFFF'/>
|-
| align="left"|{{UKR}}||140||183||323||1.4 %||<hr style='margin-left:0;width:18px;height:32px;background:#80BFFF'/>
|-
| align="left"|{{ARG}}||127||130||257||1.1 %||<hr style='margin-left:0;width:14px;height:32px;background:#80BFFF'/>
|-
| align="left"|{{POR}}||124||126||250||1.1 %||<hr style='margin-left:0;width:13px;height:32px;background:#80BFFF'/>
|-
| align="left"|{{CUB}}||112||124||236||1.0 %||<hr style='margin-left:0;width:13px;height:32px;background:#80BFFF'/>
|-
| align="left"|{{URY}}||83||87||170||0.7 %||<hr style='margin-left:0;width:9px;height:32px;background:#80BFFF'/>
|-
| align="left"|{{SEN}}||95||23||118||0.5 %||<hr style='margin-left:0;width:6px;height:32px;background:#80BFFF'/>
|-
| align="left"|{{PAK}}||55||33||88||0.3 %||<hr style='margin-left:0;width:4px;height:32px;background:#80BFFF'/>
|-
| align="left"|{{BRA}}||20||48||68||0.2 %||<hr style='margin-left:0;width:3px;height:32px;background:#80BFFF'/>
|-
| align="left"|{{NGR}}||28||16||44||0.1 %||<hr style='margin-left:0;width:2px;height:32px;background:#80BFFF'/>
|-
| align="left"|{{DZA}}||14||12||26||0.1 %||<hr style='margin-left:0;width:1px;height:32px;background:#80BFFF'/>
|-
| align="left"|{{CHI}}||13||13||26||0.1 %||<hr style='margin-left:0;width:1px;height:32px;background:#80BFFF'/>
|-
| align="left"|{{PER}}||14||11||25||0.1 %||<hr style='margin-left:0;width:1px;height:32px;background:#80BFFF'/>
|-
| align="left"|{{DOM}}||8||15||23||0.09 %||<hr style='margin-left:0;width:1px;height:32px;background:#80BFFF'/>
|-
| align="left"|{{ECU}}||11||11||22||0.09 %||<hr style='margin-left:0;width:1px;height:32px;background:#80BFFF'/>
|-
| align="left"|{{PAR}}||4||10||14||0.06 %||<hr style='margin-left:0;width:0px;height:32px;background:#80BFFF'/>
|-
| align="left"|{{BOL}}||4||3||7||0.03 %||<hr style='margin-left:0;width:0px;height:32px;background:#80BFFF'/>
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" border=1 cellpading="2"
|+ Distribution (2020)<ref name="PadronINE">{{cite web|access-date=25 August 2021 |title=Nomenclátor: Población del Padrón Continuo por Unidad Poblacional |url=http://www.ine.es/nomen2/index.do?accion=busquedaRapida&subaccion=&numPag=0&ordenAnios=ASC&nombrePoblacion=adeje&botonBusquedaRapida=Consultar+selecci%F3n |website=Instituto Nacional de Estadística}}<!-- auto-translated from Spanish by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
! Entidad singular
! Habitantes
|-
| [[Adeje (capital municipal)]]
| 17&nbsp;077
|-
| [[Armeñime]]
| 2134
|-
| [[La Caldera (Adeje)|La Caldera]]
| 85
|-
| [[Costa Adeje]]
| 20&nbsp;105
|-
| [[Fañabé]]
| 4975
|-
| [[Ifonche y Benítez]]
| 40
|-
| [[Los Menores (Adeje)|Los Menores]]
| 2005
|-
| [[Tijoco]]
| 2609
|-
! TOTAL
! 49&nbsp;030
|}

== Climate ==
Adeje has a hot desert climate ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]]: ''BWh''; [[Trewartha climate classification|Trewartha]]: ''BWal'') with an annual precipitation of only {{Convert|145.0|mm}} and no more than 18 days of precipitation.
{{Weather box
|location = Adeje<br>Climate ID: C419X; coordinates {{coordinates|28|04|53|N|16|42|40|W}}; elevation: {{cvt|130|m}}; 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1975–present<ref>{{cite web 
|url = https://opendata.aemet.es/opendata/sh/4a2f221b
|title = Weather station data
|website = opendata.aemet.es
|publisher = AEMET OpenData 
|language = es 
|access-date = 13 November 2024
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|archive-date = 2024-11-13}}</ref>
|metric first = Y
|single line = Y
|Jan record high C = 30.6
|Feb record high C = 31.5
|Mar record high C = 35.1
|Apr record high C = 37.9
|May record high C = 34.0
|Jun record high C = 33.7
|Jul record high C = 42.1
|Aug record high C = 44.0
|Sep record high C = 34.6
|Oct record high C = 38.5
|Nov record high C = 36.0
|Dec record high C = 29.9
|year record high C = 44.0<!--
|Jan avg record high C = 26.5
|Feb avg record high C = 26.8
|Mar avg record high C = 27.9
|Apr avg record high C = 27.7
|May avg record high C = 27.9
|Jun avg record high C = 29.7
|Jul avg record high C = 30.6
|Aug avg record high C = 32.3
|Sep avg record high C = 31.4
|Oct avg record high C = 31.4
|Nov avg record high C = 28.9
|Dec avg record high C = 27.2
|year avg record high C = 35.2-->
|Jan high C = 22.1
|Feb high C = 22.0
|Mar high C = 23.0
|Apr high C = 23.5
|May high C = 24.5
|Jun high C = 25.8
|Jul high C = 27.4
|Aug high C = 28.5
|Sep high C = 28.3
|Oct high C = 27.3
|Nov high C = 25.2
|Dec high C = 23.5
|year high C = 25.1
|Jan mean C = 18.1
|Feb mean C = 18.3
|Mar mean C = 18.6
|Apr mean C = 19.6
|May mean C = 20.5
|Jun mean C = 22.1
|Jul mean C = 23.4
|Aug mean C = 24.5
|Sep mean C = 23.8
|Oct mean C = 22.8
|Nov mean C = 20.5
|Dec mean C = 18.5
|year mean C = 20.9
|Jan low C = 13.8
|Feb low C = 14.0
|Mar low C = 14.2
|Apr low C = 15.6
|May low C = 16.4
|Jun low C = 18.2
|Jul low C = 19.3
|Aug low C = 20.4
|Sep low C = 19.3
|Oct low C = 18.3
|Nov low C = 15.7
|Dec low C = 13.4
|year low C = 16.5<!--
|Jan avg record low C = 11.9
|Feb avg record low C = 12.0
|Mar avg record low C = 12.4
|Apr avg record low C = 13.2
|May avg record low C = 14.5
|Jun avg record low C = 16.2
|Jul avg record low C = 17.9
|Aug avg record low C = 18.6
|Sep avg record low C = 18.5
|Oct avg record low C = 16.9
|Nov avg record low C = 14.7
|Dec avg record low C = 13.2
|year avg record low C = 11.5-->
|Jan record low C = 1.6
|Feb record low C = 3.0
|Mar record low C = 3.7
|Apr record low C = 5.2
|May record low C = 7.0
|Jun record low C = 8.8
|Jul record low C = 12.0
|Aug record low C = 12.8
|Sep record low C = 11.0
|Oct record low C = 8.1
|Nov record low C = 6.0
|Dec record low C = 2.2
|year record low C = 1.6
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 17.7
|Feb precipitation mm = 14.5
|Mar precipitation mm = 15.0
|Apr precipitation mm = 5.8
|May precipitation mm = 0.9
|Jun precipitation mm = 0.2
|Jul precipitation mm = trace
|Aug precipitation mm = 1.9
|Sep precipitation mm = 4.2
|Oct precipitation mm = 17.2
|Nov precipitation mm = 24.7
|Dec precipitation mm = 42.9
|year precipitation mm = 145.0
|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
|Jan precipitation days = 1.9
|Feb precipitation days = 1.9
|Mar precipitation days = 1.5
|Apr precipitation days = 1.0
|May precipitation days = 0.2
|Jun precipitation days = 0.1
|Jul precipitation days = 0.0
|Aug precipitation days = 0.3
|Sep precipitation days = 0.7
|Oct precipitation days = 1.7
|Nov precipitation days = 1.5
|Dec precipitation days = 3.3
|year precipitation days = 14.0
|humidity colour = green
|Jan humidity = 59
|Feb humidity = 60
|Mar humidity = 63
|Apr humidity = 64
|May humidity = 64
|Jun humidity = 67
|Jul humidity = 68
|Aug humidity = 69
|Sep humidity = 69
|Oct humidity = 68
|Nov humidity = 63
|Dec humidity = 59
|year humidity = 64
|source 1 = [[State Meteorological Agency]]/AEMET OpenData<ref>{{cite web 
|url = https://opendata.aemet.es/opendata/sh/0ec62ea7
|title = Extremes
|website = opendata.aemet.es
|publisher = AEMET OpenData 
|language = es 
|access-date = 11 November 2024
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|archive-date = 2024-11-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web 
|url = https://opendata.aemet.es/opendata/sh/8a916408
|title = Normal
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|publisher = AEMET OpenData 
|language = es 
|access-date = 22 November 2024
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}}

== References ==
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==External links==
{{Commons category-inline}}
* [http://www.adeje.es Adeje town hall]

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