Tinajo (municipality)

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{{Infobox settlement

| name = Tinajo

| settlement_type = Municipality

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| image_skyline = Tinajo La Santa - Diseminado la Sta Sport - El Rio 06 ies.jpg

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| image_caption = Former desalination lagoon in Tinajo

| image_flag = Bandera de Tinajo (Municipio).gif

| image_shield = Escudo de Tinajo (Las Palmas).svg

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| image_map = Lanzarote municipio Tinajo.svg

| map_caption = Municipal location in Lanzarote

| pushpin_map = Spain Province of Las Palmas#Canary Islands#Spain with Canary Islands

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the province of Las Palmas

| subdivision_type = Country

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| subdivision_type1 = Autonomous community

| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Canary Islands}}

| subdivision_type2 = Province

| subdivision_name2 = Las Palmas

| subdivision_type3 = Island

| subdivision_name3 = Lanzarote

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| coordinates = {{coord|29|4|N|13|40|W|region:ES_type:city|display=inline,title}}

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| area_footnotes = [http://www.gobiernodecanarias.org/istac/jaxi-istac/menu.do?uripub=urn:uuid:fbc0bdc8-cacb-43b8-a5cb-a93f745dcff6 Instituto Canario de Estadística], area

| area_total_km2 = 135.28

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| population_density_km2 = auto

| timezone = WET

| utc_offset = ±0

| timezone_DST = WEST

| utc_offset_DST = +1

| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code = 35530

| area_code_type = Dialing code

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| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Jesús Casimiro Machín Duque

| leader_party = CC

| website = {{url|tinajo.es}}

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Tinajo is a municipality in the western part of the island of Lanzarote in the Province of Las Palmas in the Canary Islands, Spain. The population is 6119 (2018),{{cite web |url=http://www.datosdelanzarote.com/itemDetalles.asp?idFamilia=6&idItem=2817 |title=Población de derecho de Lanzarote según municipio. Evolución (1996-2019) |trans-title=Legal population of Lanzarote by municipality. Evolution (1996-2019) |language=es |publisher=Centro de Datos, Cabildo de Lanzarote |access-date=2019-07-16 }} and the area is {{convert|135.28|km2|sqmi}}. The municipality is located on the island's northwestern coast and is northwest of the island's capital, Arrecife. The main town in the municipality is Tinajo.