Haría is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

on the island of

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in the

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, the northernmost and easternmost Canarian municipality. Surrounded on three sides by the

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, the municipality is bordered to the south by the municipality of Teguise. It forms part of Las Palmas Province. The seat of the municipality is the town of Haría. The population of the municipality was 4,872 in 2013.Instituto Canario de Estadística
, population The total land area of the municipality is .

Geography

The west of the municipality is largely mountainous, with much of the western coastline rising steeply a little way inland. Numerous ''miradors'' (viewpoints) on this high ground offer views of the island, with the most well known being the Mirador del Río which is a popular tourist attraction. To the southeast the land is low-lying and largely used for agriculture, with many small beach resorts along the coast. The northeast of the municipality is largely uninhabited, having been buried approximately 3000 years ago by the eruption of the Montaña Corona which formed the inhospitable

Malpais de la Corona Malpais may refer to: * 6370 Malpais, a main-belt asteroid * Malpais, Costa Rica Malpais (9°36'03 N, 85°08'36 W) is a town in Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica which began as a fishing and cattle-farming village, and has become popular among surf ...

. This eruption also produced extensive hollow lava tunnels called '' jameos'', some of which have been developed into two of the island's most-visited geological attractions: the

Cueva de los Verdes Cueva de los Verdes (Spanish for "Verdes' cave", from the "Verdes" family) is a lava tube and tourist attraction of the Haria municipality on the island of Lanzarote in the Canary Islands (Spain). The cave lies within the Monumento Natural del ...

and the Jameos del Agua.

Communities

Arrieta Arrieta (both in Basque and Spanish) is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the Basque Country, Spain. Arrieta is part of the ''comarca'' of Mungialdea. It had a population of 552 inhabitants as of 2007, and a populatio ...

* Casa La Breña * Casas Las Escarnas *

Charco del Palo Charco del Palo is a naturist holiday village on the north-eastern coast of Lanzarote, in the Canary Islands. The village was established around 1970 by the German entrepreneur Gregor Kaiser. In due course, it has developed into a popular naturis ...

* Guinate * Haría * Los Molinos * Mágues * Mala *

Órzola Órzola is a village in the municipality of Haría on the island of Lanzarote in the Canary Islands. It is the northernmost settlement of the island. As of 2021, it has a population of 352 inhabitants. The port of Órzola is the departure point ...

Punta Mujeres Punta Mujeres is a village in the municipality of Haría in the Las Palmas province of northern Lanzarote in the Canary Islands The Canary Islands (; es, :es:Canarias, Canarias, ), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish Auto ...

* Tabayesco * Ye

Sites of interest

* Mirador del Río * Jameos del Agua * Cave of los Verdes * Montaña Corona File:Haria 2009 147.JPG, Haría, Lanzarote File:MiradorDelRio-Graciosa.jpg, Mirador del Río File:Lanzarote Jameos del Agua Pool.jpg, Pool at cave system Jameos del Agua, Lanzarote

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Geography

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