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Fuerteventura (Spanish: [ˌfweɾteβenˈtuɾa] ⓘ) is one of the Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean, geographically part of Macaronesia, and politically part of Spain. It is located 97 km (60 mi) away from the coast of North Africa .
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Fuerteventura is situated on Mesozoic oceanic crust, about 70 km (40 mi) from the edge of the African continental shelf and about 100 km (60 mi) from the African mainland, making it the Canarian island closest to Africa. [68] Basaltic lava flows of the Jandia Edifice at Pico de Zarza and Pico de la Palma, Fuerteventura
Beach at Ajuy. Ajuy is a small remote fishing village on the west coast of Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands.It is part of the municipality Pájara.Not far from Ajuy is where the Norman Jean de Béthencourt landed in 1402 to conquer the island for the Spanish crown.
The constituency was created as per the Statute of Autonomy of the Canary Islands of 1982 and was first contested in the 1983 regional election.The Statute provides for the seven main islands in the Canarian archipelago—El Hierro, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, La Gomera, La Palma, Lanzarote and Tenerife—to be established as multi-member districts in the Parliament of the Canary Islands.
Cofete is a small village in the western part of the Jandía peninsula in Fuerteventura, Canary Islands. It is part of the municipality Pájara. It is situated in a nature reserve (Parque Natural de Jandía). [1] [2] The Villa Winter is situated on a mountain slope near Cofete.
Antigua is a town and a municipality in the central part of the island of Fuerteventura in the Province of Las Palmas in the Canary Islands. It has a population of 11,629 (2013), [ 3 ] and an area of 250.56 km 2 . [ 1 ]