Lanzarote

:Lanzarote is also the title of a novella by Michel Houellebecq translated by Frank Wynne

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Lanzarote, a Spanish island, is the easternmost of the Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean ca. 125 km off the coast of Africa as well as 1,000 km from the Iberian Peninsula. It is situated at 29?00' north, 13?40' west. It is located 11 km NE of Fuerteventura and only 1 km from Graciosa. The first recorded name for the island, given by Angelino Dulcert, was Insula de Lanzarotus Marocelus, after the Genoese navigator Lancelotto Malocello, from which the modern name is derived. The island's Guanche name was Tite-Roy-Gatra.

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The elongated island has an area of 845,9 km?, and a population of around 125,000. The dimensions of the island are 60 km from north to south and 25 km from west to east. Lanzarote has 213 km of coastline, of which 10 km are sand, 16.5 km are beach, and the remainder are rocky. Its dramatic landscape includes the mountain ranges of Famara (671 m) in the north and Ajaches (608 m) to the south. South of the Famara massif is the El Jable desert which separates Famara and Monta?as del Fuego. Tourism has been the mainstay of the island's economy for the past 50 years. Other industries include agriculture.

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The Island has its own International Airport, Arrecife Airport which recieves around 5.5 million passengers per year:

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It is part of the province of Las Palmas, and is divided into seven municipalities:

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• Arrecife
• Har?a
• San Bartolom?
• Teguise
• T?as
• Tinajo
• Yaiza

A nearby island, Isla de La Graciosa, is part of the municipality of Teguise, as are four smaller islets.

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The seat of the island government (cabildo insular) is in Arrecife, which has a population of 47,100 (2004).

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A total of 114,715 people (2003) live on Lanzarote.

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The flag color is red and blue with a line going from bottom-left to top-right.

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Michel Houellebecq: Michel Houellebecq (real name Michel Thomas, born 26 February 1956, on the French island of R?union) is a controversial, award-winning French novelist. He left France and lived in Ireland for some years. He currently lives in Spain but has said he was going to leave again....

Frank Wynne: Frank Wynne (born 1962) is an Irish literary translator and writer....

Spanish: Spanish can mean:...




Lanzarote related Images and Photos (experimental)

Orange Volcano Crater Timanfaya National Park (Fire Mountains) Lanzarote Canary Islands Spain