Punta Mujeres
| Haría municipality: Punta Mujeres | |||
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 Punta Mujeres, view from the west
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| coat of arms | Map of the Canary Islands | ||
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| Autonomous Community : | Canary Islands | ||
| Province : | Las Palmas | ||
| Island: | Lanzarote | ||
| Coordinates | 29 ° 9 ′ N , 13 ° 27 ′ W | ||
| Residents : | 1.107 (2013) INE | ||
| Postal code : | 35542 | ||
| Area code: | 35010000800 | ||
Punta Mujeres is a town on the northeast coast of the to Spain belonging Canary Island of Lanzarote . There he belongs to the municipality of Haría .
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Punta Mujeres is located with its 1107 inhabitants (2013) about 28 kilometers north of the capital Arrecife . Punta Mujeres translates from Spanish as the Cape of Women , because the wives of fishermen once met here to bridge the time without their husbands, who spent long periods of time on the high seas. The small town mostly consists of small, white row houses. He has a small, narrow fishing port. There are a few restaurants, a few holiday apartments, small grocery stores and a cultural center. The coast consists of rocky lava rocks with no beaches.
Stretch of coast
View from the west
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