The port of Arinaga is a small seaport off the eastern coast of the Spanish island of

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, in the

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, themselves located in the Mid-Atlantic. It was not until the later part of the 19th century when the construction of a small harbor in order to facilitate the agricultural exports of the southern part of the island was proposed. Works initiated following the 1917 crisis during World War I and, in 1927, an expansion was commissioned, although it would not take place at the time. Later in the 20th century a mammoth project that would make the port bigger than

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' was ultimately shelved in the 1970s. An offshore

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was installed in the harbor, and, in 2013, it broke the national record in Spain for electric production in a single generator, reaching 118,05 MWh. It is operated by the . As of 2020, its activity focuses on the handling of solid bulk.

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Arinaga Arinaga (written: 有永 or 有栄) is both a Japanese surname and a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese handball player *, Japanese samurai {{given name, type=both Japanese-la ...

Transport in Gran Canaria