Puerto de la Peña is a small settlement of Ajuy that used to serve as a port of the old island capital of Betancuria. The port was later raided by pirates. Caleta Negra (Spanish for "Black Bay") lies 2 km from Ajuy. Near this bay there is an old lime kiln. The limestone from Ajuy was considered particularly pure and was shipped from this place up until the second half of the 19th century.
Ajuy is today a popular tourist excursion destination to visit the deep and dramatic caves carved into the softer parts of the limestone cliffs by ocean winter storms.
ajuy, pájara, municipality, philippines, ajuy, iloilo, ajuy, small, remote, fishing, village, west, coast, fuerteventura, canary, islands, part, municipality, pájara, from, ajuy, where, norman, jean, béthencourt, landed, 1402, order, conquer, island, spanish, . For the municipality in the Philippines see Ajuy Iloilo Ajuy is a small remote fishing village on the west coast of Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands It is part of the municipality Pajara Not far from Ajuy is where the Norman Jean de Bethencourt landed in 1402 in order to conquer the island for the Spanish crown Beach at AjuyPuerto de la Pena is a small settlement of Ajuy that used to serve as a port of the old island capital of Betancuria The port was later raided by pirates Caleta Negra Spanish for Black Bay lies 2 km from Ajuy Near this bay there is an old lime kiln The limestone from Ajuy was considered particularly pure and was shipped from this place up until the second half of the 19th century Ajuy is today a popular tourist excursion destination to visit the deep and dramatic caves carved into the softer parts of the limestone cliffs by ocean winter storms Contents 1 Demographics 2 Gallery 3 External links 4 ReferencesDemographics editPopulation 1 of Ajuy 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2013118 119 125 129 129 126 123 111 106 101 85Gallery edit nbsp Cuevas de Ajuy 2016 nbsp Cuevas de Ajuy 2012 nbsp Cuevas de Ajuy 2016 nbsp Cuevas de Ajuy 2016 nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ajuy Fuerteventura External links editAjuy the hidden gem of the wild West Coast of Fuerteventura in English References edit Instituto Nacional de Estadistica Archived from the original on 2011 06 22 Retrieved 2010 11 07 28 23 59 N 14 09 20 W 28 39972 N 14 15556 W 28 39972 14 15556 nbsp This Canary Islands location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ajuy Pajara amp oldid 1210503923, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
