Ajuy, Pájara
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 in order to conquer the island for the Spanish crown.
Puerto de la Peña is a small settlement of Ajuy that used to serve as a port of the old island capital of Betancuria. The port was later raided by pirates. Caleta Negra (Spanish for "Black Bay") lies 2 km from Ajuy. Near this bay there is an old lime kiln. The limestone from Ajuy was considered particularly pure and was shipped from this place up until the second half of the 19th century.
Ajuy is today a popular tourist excursion destination to visit the deep and dramatic caves carved into the softer parts of the limestone cliffs by ocean winter storms.
Demographics[]
2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2013 |
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118 | 119 | 125 | 129 | 129 | 126 | 123 | 111 | 106 | 101 | 85 |
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Cuevas de Ajuy 2016
Cuevas de Ajuy 2012
Cuevas de Ajuy 2016
Cuevas de Ajuy 2016
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References[]
- ^ "Instituto Nacional de Estadística". Archived from the original on 2011-06-22. Retrieved 2010-11-07.
Coordinates: 28°23′59″N 14°09′20″W / 28.39972°N 14.15556°W
- Beaches of the Canary Islands
- Populated places in Fuerteventura
- Canary Islands geography stubs