El Tanque is a municipality in the northwestern part of the island of Tenerife, one of the Canary Islands, and part of the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. It is located about 90 km SSW of the island's capital, NW of Los Cristianos and Las Américas of Arona and about 60 km NW of Reina Sofia Airport.

The population is 3,198 (ISTAC, 2003), its density is 135.28/km² and the area is 23.64 km². The elevation is 480 m. Santaiago del Teide is linked north of the TF1 superhighway and northwest of the TF38 and west of the TF2 superhighway and also near the highway linking Adeje and Icod de los Vinos. Farmlands are in the valley areas and within the Atlantic, the mountain and the hills are surround El Tanque.

The main economy is agriculture.

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