Puerto del Rosario () is a town and a municipality in the eastern part of the island of Fuerteventura in the

Las Palmas Las Palmas (, ; ), officially Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, is a Spain, Spanish city and capital of Gran Canaria, in the Canary Islands, on the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital (jointly with Santa Cruz de Tenerife), the most populous city in th ...

province 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 ...

. It has been the capital of Fuerteventura since 1860. The town's population is 29,160 (2013),Instituto Canario de Estadística
, population the administrative district's (municipio de Puerto del Rosario) population is 36,744 and its area is 289.95 km².

History

Originally known as Puerto de Cabras (Port of the Goats), Puerto del Rosario was initially of little political importance on the island, living in the shadow of the ancient capital

Betancuria Betancuria is a small town and a municipality in the western part of the island of Fuerteventura in the Province of Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain. The population is 811 (2013),Spanish Sahara Spanish Sahara ( es, Sahara Español; ar, الصحراء الإسبانية, As-Sahrā'a Al-Isbānīyah), officially the Spanish Possessions in the Sahara from 1884 to 1958 then Province of the Sahara between 1958 and 1976, was the name used f ...

, the

Spanish Foreign Legion For centuries, Spain recruited foreign soldiers to its army, forming the Foreign Regiments () - such as the Regiment of Hibernia (formed in 1709 from Irishmen who fled their own country in the wake of the Flight of the Earls and the pena ...

made Puerto del Rosario their base.

Climate

Under the

Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, notabl ...

, Puerto del Rosario has a

hot desert climate The desert climate or arid climate (in the Köppen climate classification ''BWh'' and ''BWk''), is a dry climate sub-type in which there is a severe excess of evaporation over precipitation. The typically bald, rocky, or sandy surfaces in desert ...

(BWh).http://koeppen-geiger.vu-wien.ac.at/pdf/kottek_et_al_2006_A4.pdf

Transport

There are regular ferry services to

and Santa Cruz de Tenerife with

Naviera Armas Naviera Armas is a Spanish company, founded in the 1940s, which operates a number of ferry services in Spain. The company mainly operates in the Canary Islands, with additional routes connecting the Canary Islands and the north African coast t ...

Fuerteventura Airport Fuerteventura Airport , also known as El Matorral Airport, is an airport serving the Spanish island of Fuerteventura. It is situated in El Matorral, southwest of the capital city Puerto del Rosario. The airport has flight connections to over 8 ...

is situated near El Matorral, 6 km south of Puerto del Rosario.

Gallery

File:MVC-024S.JPG, Popular University. Puerto del Rosario (Fuerteventura) File:Campanario_de_la_Iglesia_Santo_Domingo_de_Guzmán.jpg, Bell tower of Santo Domingo de Guzmán church Espigón del puerto de Puerto del Rosario Fuerteventura

Espigón del puerto de Puerto del Rosario Fuerteventura

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