General Information of Lanzarote

General Information of Lanzarote

Lanzarote, known as the island of eternal spring, owing to its average annual temperature of 21º C, is situated at a distance of 1000 km from the Iberian Peninsula and 140 km from the African coast. This strategic location renders it an ideal destination for vacations.

It spans an area of 845.93 km2 and has a population of 147,023 inhabitants (as of 2017). Adjacent to the island are the islets or smaller islands of Alegranza, La Graciosa, Montaña Clara, Roque del Este, and Roque del Oeste.

As the easternmost of the Canary Islands, one of its notable features is the abundance of volcanoes that dot its landscape, a result of significant volcanic activity primarily in the early eighteenth century.

Lanzarote is home to the Timanfaya National Park and holds the status of being a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, affording it protection and recognition for its environmental significance.

General Information

  • Protected areas of Lanzarote

    Protected areas

    Lanzarote, the island with the most volcanic aspect of the Canary Islands, has almost half of its territory protected. It also became a Biosphere Reserve in 1993

  • Towns of Lanzarote

    Towns

    Lanzarote is an island with a curious volcanic landscape, dotted with villages.

  • Municipalities of Lanzarote

    Municipalities

    Complete guide to the municipalities of Lanzarote, with the support of hundreds of unpublished photographs and maps of each and every one of the municipalities

  • Geography of Lanzarote

    Geography

    Data and details of the geography of the island of Lanzarote from its creation to the present day

  • Tradition and culture of Lanzarote

    Tradition and culture

    The customs and traditions of Lanzarote reflect our way of being: our relationship with the territory, the economy or the society of the island.

  • Lanzarote Biosphere Reserve

    Biosphere Reserve

    It was declared a Biosphere Reserve in 1993 by the Organization of the United Nations for Education, Science and Culture (UNESCO),

  • Weather in Lanzarote

    Weather

    Weather in Lanzarote

  • Tides of Lanzarote

    Tides

    Tides of Lanzarote

  • Flora of Lanzarote

    Flora

    Although the island is arid and has little relief, it has a good set of endemic species.

  • History of Lanzarote

    History

    Events that occurred in Lanzarote, describing in detail the events that occurred from prehistory to the present.

  • Economy of Lanzarote

    Economy

    Talking about the economy and tourism in Lanzarote is doing the same thing, since the islands economy is sustained almost exclusively by income from tourism

  • Lanzarote Wildlife

    Wildlife

    The proximity to the African continent is reflected in the faunal population of the island of Lanzarote

  • Chinijo Archipelago

    Chinijo Archipelago

    Group of islets formed by La Graciosa, Alegranza and Montaña Clara, together with Roque del Este and Roque del Oeste or from hell.

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