La Oliva
title: "La Oliva" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["municipalities-in-fuerteventura", "populated-places-established-in-1500"] topic_path: "general/municipalities-in-fuerteventura" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Oliva" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | La Oliva |
| settlement_type | Municipality |
| image_flag | La-oliva band.svg |
| image_shield | Escudo de La Oliva.svg |
| image_map | Fuerteventura municipio La Oliva.svg |
| map_caption | Municipal location in Fuerteventura |
| pushpin_map | Spain Province of Las Palmas#Canary Islands#Spain with Canary Islands |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location in the province of Las Palmas |
| coordinates | |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Spain |
| subdivision_type1 | Autonomous Community |
| subdivision_name1 | Canary Islands |
| subdivision_type2 | Province |
| subdivision_name2 | Las Palmas |
| subdivision_type3 | Island |
| subdivision_name3 | Fuerteventura |
| area_footnotes | |
| area_total_km2 | 356.13 |
| elevation_footnotes | (AMSL) |
| population_as_of | |
| population_footnotes | |
| population_total | |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| :: |
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La Oliva () is a town and a municipality in the northern part of the island of Fuerteventura in the Province of Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain. The population is 29,174 (2023), and the area is 356.13 km2. The municipality includes the Lobos Island to the northeast, just off Corralejo.
History
An anonymous manuscript relates that the town of La Oliva was founded in 1500 by individuals known to the Hernández brothers, residents of Betancuria. La Oliva is also the historic seat of the island's Colonels, who resided in the stately Casa de los Coroneles. Because of this, it succeeded the Villa de Betancuria as the capital of Fuerteventura from 1834 until 1860, when Puerto de Cabras became the new capital.
The largest town of the municipality, Corralejo (14,318 inhabitants in 2023, including Playa de Corralejo), is a port town and major beach resort at the northernmost point of the island. Other major settlements and their 2023 population are Geafond (3,985), Villaverde (2,118), Lajares (2,012), and El Cotillo (1,474); the town of La Oliva had 1,720.
La Oliva permitted a RIU hotel to be built on the Corralejo Dunes in the 1970s. The dunes were later declared a national park in 1982. In 2003, the Spanish government granted a 30 year concession to allow the hotel to remain during that time. In 2024, the Spanish government declared that the Riu La Oliva hotel had breached planning regulations by expanding without consent and declared the concession expired. The Ministry of Ecological Transition ordered the hotel and apartments be demolished. The government of the Canary Islands appealed this, claiming it was a regional government responsibility, but the Spanish Constitutional Court ruled that the national government had authority and ordered the hotel be demolished.
Gallery
File:Montaña Quemada y monumento a Miguel de Unamuno - Tindaya - Fuerteventura.JPG|"Montaña Quemada" Canyon File:Fuerteventura windmuehle 750px.jpg|A stone-built windmill near the beach of La Oliva File:Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria - La Oliva - Fuerteventura - 1.JPG|Church of Our Lady of La Candelaria File:Playa Corralejo Fuerteventura.jpg|Corralejo beach File:Isla de los Lobos.JPG|Los Lobos Island File:La Oliva - Casa de los Coroneles 02 ies.jpg|Casa de los Coroneles, La Oliva
References
References
- [http://www.gobiernodecanarias.org/istac/jaxi-istac/menu.do?uripub=urn:uuid:fbc0bdc8-cacb-43b8-a5cb-a93f745dcff6 Instituto Canario de Estadística], area
- Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Madrid
- Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Madrid: Population of localities according to the municipal register (''padrones municipales'')
- (26 September 2024). "Constitutional Court approves demolition of Oliva Beach Hotel in Fuerteventura".
- (19 March 2024). "Riu attacks government for ordering Fuerteventura hotel demolition".
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