Corralejo

Corralejo () is a town and resort located on the northern tip of Fuerteventura, one of the Canary Islands, facing the smaller islet of Lobos. It is in the municipality of La Oliva.

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Place details

Locality: La Oliva
Region: Canarias
Country: España
Population: 13,618
Timezone: Atlantic/Canary

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Corralejo
Settlement.native_name_lang: es
Settlement.settlement_type: Town
Settlement.imagesize: 250px
Settlement.image_caption: Corralejo's town beach.
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Spain
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Autonomous community
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Canary Islands
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Las Palmas
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Island
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Fuerteventura
Settlement.subdivision_type4: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name4: La Oliva
Settlement.timezone1: WET
Settlement.utc_offset1: 0
Settlement.timezone1_DST: WEST

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

History
Conquest Era
Beginning of the town. 1800s-1920s
Tourism
Transport
Sports
References
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Corralejo () is a town and resort located on the northern tip of Fuerteventura, one of the Canary Islands, facing the smaller islet of Lobos. It is in the municipality of La Oliva.

It is surrounded to the north and east by the Atlantic Ocean, by dunes to the south and by arid desert land to the west that leads to the western coast and El Cotillo. Once a traditional fishing village, the town has grown significantly and today is one of the two main tourist towns on the island of Fuerteventura. Thanks to the large expat population, the town has a diverse population that varies from the local Spaniard, to the Italian, Irish, British, German and Finnish people who have settled in the resort.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Corralejo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.