Yaiza
| Yaiza parish | |||
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| coat of arms | Map of the Canary Islands | ||
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| Basic data | |||
| Autonomous Community : | Canary Islands | ||
| Province : | Las Palmas | ||
| Island: | Lanzarote | ||
| Coordinates | 28 ° 57 ′ N , 13 ° 46 ′ W | ||
| Height : | 192 msnm | ||
| Area : | 211.84 km² | ||
| Residents : | 16,571 (Jan 1, 2019) | ||
| Population density : | 78.22 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Postal code : | E-35570 | ||
| Municipality number ( INE ): | 35034 | ||
| administration | |||
| Mayor : | Gladis Acuña Machín ( PIL ) (as of 2011) | ||
| Address of the municipal administration: | Plaza de los Remedios, 11 35570 - Yaiza |
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| Website : | www.yaiza.org | ||
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Yaiza is the southernmost of the seven churches of to Spain belonging Canary Island of Lanzarote .
character
The natural sights in the municipality include the El Golfo crater , parts of the Montañas del Fuego (Fire Mountains) in the Timanfaya National Park , the Papagayo beaches and the Los Ajaches mountain range .
Yaiza has received several awards for the most beautiful municipality in Lanzarote . The artist and environmentalist César Manrique, who was born in the island's capital Arrecife , played an important role here.
A place of the municipality of Yaiza is the modern resort of Playa Blanca (about eight kilometers southwest of the main town of Yaiza). There are many hotel and apartment complexes on the sandy beach, a stone pier, ferry connections to Corralejo on Fuerteventura and excursion boats along the coast with the Papagayo beaches , taverns and bars. Yaiza is on the island of Lanzarote after Tías the municipality with the second highest proportion of foreigners, it is 32.6 percent (as of November 2006).
history
The main town of Yaiza, like its neighboring town of Uga , was affected by the massive volcanic eruptions on Lanzarote in the 1830s.
The village practically no longer existed after the eruptions and was rebuilt. Agriculture, the main source of income for the population of Yaiza, was no longer possible on the lava- covered areas in northern Yaiza. The residents did everything to restore the small town to its former beauty. Today tourism and viticulture are the main source of income for the municipality.
Places of the community
The population figures in brackets are from 2007.
- Playa Blanca (7,956)
- Uga (773)
- Yaiza (720)
- Las Breñas (370)
- Femés (252)
- Puerto Calero (301)
- Quemada Beach (131)
- El Golfo (131)
- Las Casitas (63)
- La Hoya (44)
- Cortijo Viejo (44)
- La Degollada (43)
- La Geria (23)
- Maciot (26)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ Canary Islands News
Web links
- Ayuntamiento de Yaiza: Lugares de interés. Ayuntamiento de Yaiza, 2018, accessed August 14, 2018 (Spanish).
- Ayuntamiento de Yaiza: Yacimientos Arqueológicos. Ayuntamiento de Yaiza, 2018, accessed August 14, 2018 (Spanish).
