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Maspalomas 
Country: 
SpainAutonomous Community: 
Canary IslandsProvince: 
Las PalmasIsland: 
Gran CanariaMunicipality: 
San Bartolomé de TirajanaPopulation: 33,000 (2004) Coordinates: 27°45′N 15°34′W / 27.75°N 15.567°WCoordinates: 27°45′N 15°34′W / 27.75°N 15.567°W Time zone: CET, UTC+1 Elevation: 5 amsl Postal code: 35290 Map 
The beach of Playa del Inglés
Hotels in San AgustínMaspalomas is the oldest touristic town in the south coast of Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands. Maspalomas is part of the municipality of San Bartolomé de Tirajana.
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Overview
Its name may derive from that of Rodrigo Mas de Palomar, a settler and soldier from Majorca, or from Francisco Palomar, a Genoese friend of Alonso Fernandez de Lugo who purchased 87 Guanche slaves from Güímar and settled in the area.[1]
The place is famous for tourism, its hotels, beaches, dunes, apartments, and other facilities including restaurants, bars, taverns, shopping centres, souvenirs, and businesses.
There is a 68 m tall lighthouse, named El Faro de Maspalomas, at the southern point from where the 12 km long beach and dunes, a nature reserve since 1897, lead to Playa del Inglés.
Photogallery
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Lagoon
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Lighthouse
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Beach
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Important Bird Area "La Charca"
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Maspalomas Dunes
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Sands of Maspalomas Dunes
See also
- Playa del Inglés
- San Agustín
- Sonnenland
- Faro de Maspalomas
References
External links
Media related to Maspalomas at Wikimedia Commons- (Spanish) El nombre de Maspalomas (etymological study)
- Town Hall
Categories:- Localities of Spain
- Las Palmas Province
- Tourism in Spain
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