- Antigua, Fuerteventura
Antigua (Spanish meaning ancient) is a Canarian municipality in the central and the eastern portion of the island of
Fuerteventura in the Las Palmas province in theCanary Islands The population is 6,587 ( [http://www.gobiernodecanarias.org/istac/ ISTAC] ,2003 ), its density is 26.29/km² and the area is 250.56 km². It is located a main highway linking north to Puerto del Rosario and to Tuineje and a small highway linking to Betancuria. The main industry are agriculture and tourism. TheAtlantic Ocean is to the east, the mountains covers the western portion. Farmlands dominate the rest of the municipality especially along the coast.Geography
*Location:
**Latitude: 28.41667 (28°25') N
**Longitude: 14.01667 (14°1') W
*Altitude:
**Lowest: Atlantic Ocean
**Centre: 254 m
**Highest: central part
*Name of inhabitants: Antiguan "sing.", -s "pl."
*Postal code: 35630ites of interest
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Caleta de Fuste Castle:, a heritage site
*Centro Turístico CulturalMolino de Antigua ("Molino de Antigua Cultural Touristic Centre"): where works of major artists are exposed.
*Salinas deEl Carmen : The origin of these salt mines dates back to 1800
*Paisaje Protegido delMalpaís Grande ("Malpaís Grande Protected Landscape")
*Atalayita aboriginal town
*Cuchillos de Vigán , a natural Monument
*Caldera de Gairía , a national monumentOther
Antigua has schools, lyceums, gymnasia, churches, beaches, a post office, and a square ("plaza").
External links
*Antigua Information
** [http://www.fuerteventura.com/Antigua/index.shtml Antigua Information and map]*Map and aerial photos
** [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=28.41667&longitude=-14.01667&zoom=6 Street map from Mapquest] . [http://maps.msn.com/map.aspx?&lats1=28.41667&lons1=-14.01667&alts1=35 MapPoint] or [http://maps.google.com/maps?||=28.41667,-14.01667 Google]
** [http://terraserver.microsoft.com/map.aspx?t=1&s=14&lon=-14.01667&lat=28.41667&w=750&h=500 Aerial photograph from Microsoft Terraserver] or [http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=28.41667,-14.01667&spn=0.11,0.18&t=k Google]
** [http://www.sunnyfuerteventura.com/fuerteventura-maps/caleta-de-fuste/index.html Up to date street map of Caleta de Fuste]
*Coordinates: coord|28|25|0|N|14|1|0|W|ee also
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List of municipalities in Las Palmas
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