Fuerteventura

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Fuerteventura

Satellite view (2011)
Geography
Location	Atlantic Ocean
Coordinates	28°24′N 14°00′W / 28.400°N 14.000°W / 28.400; -14.000
Archipelago	Canary Islands
Area	1,659.74 km2 (640.83 sq mi)[1]
Coastline	304 km (188.9 mi)[1]
Highest elevation	807 m (2648 ft)[1]
Administration
Spain
Autonomous Community	Canary Islands
Province	Las Palmas
Capital and largest city	Puerto del Rosario (pop. 43,493)
Demographics
Demonym	majorero/-a
Population	124,152 (start of 2023)[2]
Pop. density	74.8/km2 (193.7/sq mi)
Languages	Spanish, specifically Canarian Spanish
Ethnic groups	Spanish, Canary Islanders, other minority groups
Additional information
Time zone	WET (UTC±00:00)
• Summer (DST)	WEST (UTC+01:00)

Fuerteventura (Spanish: [ˌfweɾteβenˈtuɾa] ^ⓘ) is one of the Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean, geographically part of Macaronesia, and politically part of Spain. It is located 97 km (60 mi) away from the coast of North Africa. The island was declared a biosphere reserve by UNESCO in 2009.

Fuerteventura belongs to the Province of Las Palmas,^[2] one of the two provinces that form the autonomous community of the Canary Islands. The island's capital is Puerto del Rosario, where the Insule Council is found, the government of the island. Fuerteventura had 124,152 inhabitants (as of 2023^[update]), the fourth largest population of the Canary Islands and the third of the province. At 1,659.74 km² (640.83 sq mi),^[3] it is the second largest of the Canary Islands, after Tenerife.^[4] From a geological point of view, Fuerteventura is the oldest island in the archipelago.