Puerto del Rosario () is a town and a municipality in the eastern 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 UNE ...

in the

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province in the

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. 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 penal ...

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, nota ...

, Puerto del Rosario has a hot desert climate (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 Santa Cruz de Tenerife, commonly abbreviated as Santa Cruz (), is a city, the capital of the island of Tenerife, Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, and capital of the Canary Islands. Santa Cruz has a population of 206,593 (2013) within its ad ...

with Naviera Armas. Fuerteventura Airport is situated near

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, 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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