Pájara
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Pájara is a municipality in the southwestern portion of the island of Fuerteventura in the Province of Las Palmas in the Canary Islands as well as the name of its largest town. Its population is 20,931 (2013), and the area is 383.52 km2. Pájara is both the southernmost and the westernmost municipality on the island. Pájara is also the largest municipality on the island. The largest towns in the municipality of Pájara are Morro Jable and Costa Calma, both situated on the coast. The small port Ajuy is situated in the north of the municipality, near Betancuria. The Jandía peninsula is part o
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- Pájara
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- Municipality
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- Place-name sign in the town of Pájara
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- 350px
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- Municipal location in Fuerteventura
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- Spain Province of Las Palmas#Canary Islands#Spain with Canary Islands
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- Location in the province of Las Palmas
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- Spain
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- Autonomous Community
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- Canary Islands
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- Province
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- Las Palmas
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- Island
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- Fuerteventura
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Pájara
- Population
- 21570
- Area
- 383.52
- Elevation
- 196
- Official website
- www.pajara.es
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- Pájara D81 7002 (39999889304).jpg
- Licence plate code
- GC
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- postal code
- 35628
- Commons category
- Pájara
- male population
- 10977
- female population
- 10116
- P8168
- Adams Island
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- Geology
- Beaches
- The church of Nuestra Señora de Regla in Pájara
- See also
- References
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Pájara is a municipality in the southwestern portion of the island of Fuerteventura in the Province of Las Palmas in the Canary Islands as well as the name of its largest town. Its population is 20,931 (2013), and the area is 383.52 km2. Pájara is both the southernmost and the westernmost municipality on the island. Pájara is also the largest municipality on the island. The largest towns in the municipality of Pájara are Morro Jable and Costa Calma, both situated on the coast. The small port Ajuy is situated in the north of the municipality, near Betancuria. The Jandía peninsula is part of the municipality.
==Geology== Fuerteventura is the oldest island in the Canary Islands, dating back 20 million years to a volcanic eruption from the Canary hotspot. The majority of the island was created about 5 million years ago and since then has been eroded by wind and precipitation. On the seabed off the West coast of the island rests an enormous slab of bedrock long and wide, which appears to have slid off the island largely intact at some point in prehistory, similar to the predicted future collapse of Cumbre Vieja, a geological fault on another Canary Island, La Palma. The last volcanic activity in Fuerteventura occurred between 4,000 and 5,000 years ago.
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