Tuineje

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Tuineje

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| settlement_type = Municipality

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| image_flag = Tuineje band.png

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| image_shield = Escudo de Tuineje (Las Palmas).svg

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| image_map = Fuerteventura municipio Tuineje.svg

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| map_caption = Municipal location in Fuerteventura

| pushpin_map = Spain Province of Las Palmas#Canary Islands#Spain with Canary Islands

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the province of Las Palmas

| coordinates = {{coord|28|19|30|N|14|2|55|W|type:city|display=inline,title}}

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| subdivision_type = Country

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| subdivision_type1 = Autonomous Community

| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Canary Islands}}

| subdivision_type2 = Province

| subdivision_name2 = Las Palmas

| subdivision_type3 = Island

| subdivision_name3 = Fuerteventura

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| leader_party = CC

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Salvador Delgado

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| area_total_km2 = 275.94

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| elevation_m = 205

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| population_density_km2 = auto

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| timezone1 = CET

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| timezone1_DST = CEST (GMT +1)

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| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code = 35629

| area_code = +34 (Spain) + 928 (Las Palmas)

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| website = [http://www.tuineje.es/ www.tuineje.es]

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Tuineje is a town and a municipality in the southern part of the island of Fuerteventura in the Province of Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain. The population is 13,946 (2013),[http://www2.gobiernodecanarias.org/istac/estadisticas/E30260A_1/php/pob_001.php?anyo=2013&territorio=35030 Instituto Canario de Estadística] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419012128/http://www2.gobiernodecanarias.org/istac/estadisticas/E30260A_1/php/pob_001.php?anyo=2013&territorio=35030 |date=2014-04-19 }}, population and the area is 275.94 km2. The largest town in the municipality is Gran Tarajal, on the south coast.

History

Tuineje was the site of the two battles between the locals and English privateers in 1740.{{citation needed|date=April 2013}}

Notable people

Gallery

File:Tuineje_-_Fuerteventura.jpg|Tuineje village

File:Fuerteventura 2007 029.jpg|Tuineje

File:Faro_de_La_Entallada_Tuineje_Fuerteventura.jpg|Lighthouse of La Entallada, Tuineje

See also

{{Commons category|Tuineje}}

References

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{{Geographic location

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|Centre = Tuineje

|North = Betancuria

|Northeast = Antigua

|East =

|Southeast = Atlantic Ocean

|South =

|Southwest = Pájara

|West = Pájara

|Northwest =

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{{Municipalities in Las Palmas|state=autocollapse}}

{{Authority control}}

Category:Municipalities in Fuerteventura

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