[3] The total land area of the municipality is 106.59 square kilometres (41.15 sq mi).

[1] The west of the municipality is largely mountainous, with much of the western coastline rising steeply a little way inland.

[citation needed] 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.

This eruption also produced extensive hollow lava tunnels called jameos, some of which have been developed into two of the island's most-visited[citation needed] geological attractions: the Cueva de los Verdes and the Jameos del Agua.