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Ajuy is a small remote fishing village on the west coast of Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands. It is part of the municipality Pájara. Not far from Ajuy is where the Norman Jean de Béthencourt landed in 1402 to conquer the island for the Spanish crown.

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.

Demographics

**Population^[1] of Ajuy**
2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2013
118	119	125	129	129	126	123	111	106	101	85

Gallery

Cuevas de Ajuy 2016
Cuevas de Ajuy 2012
Cuevas de Ajuy 2016
Cuevas de Ajuy 2016

External links

Ajuy, the hidden gem of the wild West Coast of Fuerteventura (in English)

References

^ "Instituto Nacional de Estadística". Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2010.

28°23′59″N 14°09′20″W / 28.39972°N 14.15556°W / 28.39972; -14.15556

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[1] "Instituto Nacional de Estadística". Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2010.

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-[[Image:Fuerteventura kueste2 750px.jpg|thumb|250px|Beach at Ajuy]]'''Ajuy''' is a small remote [[fishing village]] on the west coast of [[Fuerteventura]] in the [[Canary Islands]].  Not far from Ajuy is where the [[Normans|Norman]] [[Jean de Béthencourt]] landed in order to conquer the island for the Spanish crown.
+[[Image:Fuerteventura kueste2 750px.jpg|thumb|250px|Beach at Ajuy]]'''Ajuy''' is a small remote [[fishing village]] on the west coast of [[Fuerteventura]] in the [[Canary Islands]]. It is part of the municipality [[Pájara]]. Not far from Ajuy is where the [[Normans|Norman]] [[Jean de Béthencourt]] landed in 1402 to conquer the island for the Spanish crown.
-''Puerto de la Peña'' is a small settlement of Ajuy and used to serve as a port of the old island capital of Betancuria.  The port was later raided by pirates.  Ajuy features a black-sand beach that is circled and are surrounded between the mountains and the small hills to the east.  '''Caleta Negra''' (Spanish for "Black Bay") lies 2&nbsp;km from Ajuy. About 600 m lies a dark cave within the rocks.  Over the caves lies the panorama of limestones, which were not just a hiding place for pirates but was used as a lime deposit.
+''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&nbsp;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.
-The lime from the Ajuy limestones were considerably and particularly pure and up to the second half of the 19th century, was shipped from this cave.
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+== Gallery ==
+<gallery mode="packed" heights="175">
+File:Cuevas de Ajuy 2016 05.jpg|Cuevas de Ajuy 2016
+File:Pájara - Ajuy - Monumento Natural - Cuevas 01 ies.jpg|Cuevas de Ajuy 2012
+File:Cuevas de Ajuy 2016 06.jpg|Cuevas de Ajuy 2016
+File:Cuevas de Ajuy 2016 02.jpg|Cuevas de Ajuy 2016
+</gallery>
+{{commons category|Ajuy (Fuerteventura)}}
+==External links==
+* [https://besidestheobvious.net/2020/10/11/ajuy-the-hidden-gem-of-the-wild-west-coast-of-fuerteventura/ Ajuy, the hidden gem of the wild West Coast of Fuerteventura] (in English)
 ==References==