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Jandía is a peninsula in the southwestern part of the island of

Fuerteventura Fuerteventura () is one of the Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean, part of the North Africa region, and politically part of Spain. It is located away from the northwestern coast of Africa. The island was declared a biosphere reserve by UNES ...

in the

Canary Islands The Canary Islands (; es, Canarias, ), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, in Macaronesia. At their closest point to the African mainland, they are west of Morocc ...

. The peninsula is entirely in the municipality of

Pájara 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),isthmus An isthmus (; ; ) is a narrow piece of land connecting two larger areas across an expanse of water by which they are otherwise separated. A tombolo is an isthmus that consists of a spit or bar, and a strait is the sea counterpart of an isthmu ...

''Istmo de la Pared''. Most of the peninsula has been a nature reserve (''Parque Natural de Jandía'') since 1987.Boletín Oficial de Canarias
pages 9716 and 9851-4 On the south and east coasts of Jandía there are the beach resorts

Jandía Playa Jandía is a peninsula in the southwestern part of the island of Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands. The peninsula is entirely in the municipality of Pájara. Within the peninsula is Fuerteventura's tallest mountain, Pico de Jandía or ''Pico de ...

and

Morro Jable Morro Jable is a locality belonging of the municipality of Pájara, in the island of Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain. With around 7,000 inhabitants as of 2020, it is the most populated settlement in the municipality. It was founded by Ciril ...

. The western coast has some of the most beautiful and sandiest beaches in Fuerteventura and these are also used by surfers. The small fishing village of

Cofete Cofete is a small village in the western part of the Jandía peninsula in Fuerteventura, Canary Islands. It is part of the municipality Pájara Pájara is a municipality in the southwestern portion of the island of Fuerteventura in the Provinc ...

and the

Villa Winter Villa Winter (''Spanish: Casa de los Winter)'' is a villa situated in a remote location of the southwestern part of the island of Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, near the village of Cofete on the Jandía peninsula. The villa was designed and bu ...

are situated on the north side of the peninsula.

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References

External links

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Morro Jable information, map and photos
* http://www.fuerteventura-infos.de/fuerteventura-report/jandia_report.htm

Jandia information and photographs

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