Costa Teguise

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Costa Teguise
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Costa Teguise
Coordinates: 28°59′56″N13°30′07″W / 28.999°N 13.502°W / 28.999; -13.502 Coordinates: 28°59′56″N13°30′07″W / 28.999°N 13.502°W / 28.999; -13.502
CountryFlag of Spain.svg  Spain
Autonomous Community Flag of the Canary Islands.svg  Canary Islands
Province Las Palmas
Island Lanzarote
Municipality Teguise
Population
 (1 January 2018)
 • Total8,306
Time zone UTC+00:00 (WET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Postcode
35508
Playa del Jablillo in Costa Teguise Costa Teguise-Playa del Jablillo.JPG
Playa del Jablillo in Costa Teguise

Costa Teguise is a coastal town in the Municipality of Teguise on the island of Lanzarote (in the Canary Islands of Spain). It was built intentionally to accommodate tourism, and prior to building commencing the streets were planned, constructed, and serviced in advance.

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The town has four main beaches, all of which are natural: Playa de los Charcos, Playa de las Cucharas, Playa del Jablillo and Playa Bastián.

History

The company Explosivos Río Tinto, then directed by Mr. Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo, later President of the Government, bought a 12 million square meter property, in order to destine it to a high level tourist urbanization, which it baptized as "Urbanización Costa de Teguise", which was therefore planned from the beginning as a tourist nucleus of the island. [1]

Construction began in 1970 with the first five-star hotel on Lanzarote, the Gran Meliá Salinas, designed by architect Fernando Higueras with the collaboration of local artist César Manrique. This has been followed by many other 4 and 5 star hotels.

Beaches

Costa Teguise has four main beaches. [2]

Sport

Golf

Costa Teguise Golf was designed by John Harris and built in the late 1970s. [4] For about 30 years it was the only golf course on Lanzarote until Lanzarote Golf was built in Puerto del Carmen. [5] The course is integrated with the landscape of the island, taking advantage of the palm trees and the picón (black volcanic gravel) [6] as part of the course.

Transport

Public transport on the island of Lanzarote consists of a bus service provided by the company Arrecife Bus. The following lines connect Costa Teguise with the rest of the island: [7]

Historical Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
2000 2,299—    
2001 2,663+15.8%
2002 3,134+17.7%
2003 3,468+10.7%
2004 3,655+5.4%
2005 4,433+21.3%
2006 4,948+11.6%
2007 5,713+15.5%
2008 6,324+10.7%
2009 6,740+6.6%
2010 7,151+6.1%
2011 7,629+6.7%
2012 7,856+3.0%
2013 7,876+0.3%
2014 7,756−1.5%
2015 7,981+2.9%
2016 8,119+1.7%
2017 8,205+1.1%
2018 8,306+1.2%
Source: INE [8]

Schools

Commemorative plaque with the names of the founders of the Colegio Internacional de Lanzarote in Costa Teguise PlacaFundadoresColegioInternacional.jpg
Commemorative plaque with the names of the founders of the Colegio Internacional de Lanzarote in Costa Teguise

Costa Teguise has one primary (CEIP Costa Teguise) and one secondary school (Instituto), as well as a private school. (Colegio Arenas Internacional).

The schools teach a wide variety of subjects including languages, such as English, Spanish, German, French and Chinese.

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References

  1. ↑ "El-turismo-en-Lanzarote.pdf" (PDF). Retrieved 10 May 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)[ permanent dead link ]
  2. ↑ "Playas de Costa Teguise - Lanzarote". www.lanzarote.com. Retrieved 2020-05-10.
  3. ↑ "PWA WORLD WINDSURFING TOUR: 2020". www.pwaworldtour.com. Retrieved 2020-05-10.
  4. ↑ "Costa Teguise Golf Club". GolfBreaks. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  5. ↑ "El campo – Costa Teguise Golf" (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2020-05-10.
  6. ↑ "Picon is the black stuff on the soil in Lanzarote". Lanzarote Information. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  7. ↑ "Líneas y Horarios". www.arrecifebus.com. Retrieved 2020-05-10.
  8. ↑ "Nomenclátor: Población del Padrón Continuo por Unidad Poblacional". Instituto Nacional de Estadística (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-03-27.
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