Tuineje

Tuineje municipality
The place Tuineje
coat of arms	Map of the Canary Islands
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Canary Islands
Province :	Las Palmas
Island:	Fuerteventura
Coordinates	28 ° 19 ′  N , 14 ° 3 ′  W Coordinates: 28 ° 19 ′  N , 14 ° 3 ′  W
Height :	205  msnm
Area :	275.94 km²
Residents :	15,241 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	55.23 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	E – 35620 (Gran Tarajal) E – 35627 (Tarajalejo) E – 35628 (Tuineje) E – 35629 (Giniginamar)
Municipality number  ( INE ):	35030
administration
Mayor :	Salvador Delgado Guerra ( CC ) (as of 2009)
Address of the municipal administration:	Plaza de San Miguel, 1 35628 - Tuineje
Website :	tuineje.es
Location of the municipality

Faro de la Entallada lighthouse

Tuineje is one of the six municipalities of to Spain belonging Canary Island Fuerteventura . The municipal administration is located in Tuineje. By far the largest settlement is Gran Tarajal.

history

Today's festival in Tuineje, also known as Jurada de San Miguel ( Revenge of Saint Michael ), has the following background: In a long time ago attack by the English, a statue of the saint lost an arm, and Saint Michael is supposed to be given to the citizens in revenge of the town in October 1740 to their victory. At the Battle of Tamacite, a British expeditionary force advanced to Tuineje and plundered what is now Gran Tarajal . With the help of a few dromedaries as living shields and armed with a few rifles, some farmers who had been warned by their mayor managed to beat half of the outnumbered, well-armed intruders on the Montaña de Tamacite and to drive them to flight. Besides other weapons, two cannons were captured that now adorn the entrance of the Betancuria Island Museum . This event went down in history as the Battle of Tamacite .

Places of the community

The population figures in brackets are from 2011.

• Gran Tarajal (7,323)
• Tarajalejo (1,296)
• Tesejerague (1,208)
• Tuineje (944)
• Las Playitas (832)
• Giniginamar (578)
• Tiscamanita (478)
• Juan Gopar (454)
• Teguital (291)
• Las Casitas (47)

Worth seeing

• The two-aisled church of San Miguel Arcángel in Tuineje, surrounded by a defensive wall, was completed in 1790.
• The Chapel of San Marcos is located in Tiscamanita . It dates from the end of the 18th century and impresses with its Franciscan simplicity.
• The lighthouse Faro de La Entallada in Las Playitas was built in a unique design on the island 1,953th
• The Gran Tarajal lime kiln is the largest on the island. Quick lime was once an important export item.

Web links

Commons : Tuineje  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero . Population statistics from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (population update).
2. ^ Population figures of the Instituto Nacional de Estadistica