Uga (pronounced ew-gah) is a small wine-producing village in

Yaiza Yaiza is a small town in the island of Lanzarote in the Canary Islands, Spain. It lies in the southwest of the island. The population in 2012 was 857. The town gives its name to the municipality of Yaiza, although it is much smaller than the l ...

municipality in the province of

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 ...

, southern

Lanzarote Lanzarote (, , ) is a Spanish island, the easternmost of the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean. It is located approximately off the north coast of Africa and from the Iberian Peninsula. Covering , Lanzarote is the fourth-largest of the i ...

, off the coast of

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. its population is 998, and nearby cities include

Puerto del Carmen Puerto del Carmen (Pto. del Carmen) is the main tourist town on the island of Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain. It is part of the municipality of Tías. Most of Lanzarote's over 1 million visitors per year choose this town as their destination ...

, Tías, and

Playa Blanca Playa Blanca (Spanish for "White Beach") is the southernmost town of the Spanish island of Lanzarote. It is the newest resort on the island, and is part of the municipality of Yaiza Yaiza is a small town in the island of Lanzarote in the Ca ...

. The closest airport is Lanzarote's official

airport An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surface ...

, also known as Arrecife airport. The houses in Uga are small and white, with the largest building in the area being its church.

Tourism

Hotels and restaurants are available in the village. Camel rides are offered through the lava fields to the Camel Park.

Dromedaries The dromedary (''Camelus dromedarius'' or ;), also known as the dromedary camel, Arabian camel, or one-humped camel, is a large even-toed ungulate, of the genus ''Camelus'', with one hump on its back. It is the tallest of the three species of ...

are bred there, which take visitors from there to

Timanfaya National Park Timanfaya National Park ( es, Parque Nacional de Timanfaya) is a Spanish national park in the southwestern part of the island of Lanzarote, in the Canary Islands. It covers parts of the municipalities Tinajo and Yaiza. The area is , and the pa ...

and on safari tours in other areas of the island. Another tourist attraction in Uga is a set of three large camel sculptures recently created by Paco Curbelo.

References

{{coord, 28, 57, N, 13, 45, W, display=title, region:ES_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki Populated places in Lanzarote