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{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Pájara
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| settlement_type         = Municipality
| image_skyline           = Place-name sign Pájara.jpg
| image_alt               = Place-name sign in the town of Pájara
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| image_size=350px
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| image_shield            = Escudo de Pájara.svg
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| image_map               =Fuerteventura municipio Pájara.svg
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| map_caption             = Municipal location in Fuerteventura
| pushpin_map             = Spain Province of Las Palmas#Canary Islands#Spain with Canary Islands
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| pushpin_map_caption     = Location in the province of Las Palmas
| coordinates             = {{coord|28|21|4|N|14|6|27|W|type:city|display=inline,title}}
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| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = [[Spain]]
| subdivision_type1       = [[Autonomous Community]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[Canary Islands]]
| subdivision_type2       = [[Provinces of Spain|Province]]
| subdivision_name2       = [[Province of Las Palmas|Las Palmas]]
| subdivision_type3       = [[Island]]
| subdivision_name3       = [[Fuerteventura]]
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| founder                 =
| leader_party            = PSC-PSOE
| leader_title            = Mayor
| leader_name             = Rafael Perdomo Betancor
| area_footnotes          = <ref name=area>[http://www.gobiernodecanarias.org/istac/jaxi-istac/menu.do?uripub=urn:uuid:fbc0bdc8-cacb-43b8-a5cb-a93f745dcff6 Instituto Canario de Estadística], area</ref>
| area_total_km2          = 383.52
| elevation_footnotes     = ([[AMSL]])
| elevation_m             = 196
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| timezone1               = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset1             = +0
| timezone1_DST           = CEST (GMT +1)
| utc_offset1_DST         = +1
| postal_code_type        = [[Postal code]]
| postal_code             = 35628
| area_code               = [[+34]] (Spain) + 928 (Las Palmas)
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| website                 = [http://www.pajara.es/ www.pajara.es]
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'''Pájara''' is a municipality in the southwestern portion of the island of [[Fuerteventura]] in the [[Province of Las Palmas]] in the [[Canary Islands]] as well as the name of its largest town. Its population is 20,931 (2013),<ref name=pop>[http://www2.gobiernodecanarias.org/istac/estadisticas/E30260A_1/php/pob_001.php?anyo=2013&territorio=35015 Instituto Canario de Estadística] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419011541/http://www2.gobiernodecanarias.org/istac/estadisticas/E30260A_1/php/pob_001.php?anyo=2013&territorio=35015 |date=2014-04-19 }}, population</ref> and the area is 383.52&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>.<ref name=area/> Pájara is both the southernmost and the westernmost municipality on the island. Pájara is also the largest municipality on the island. The largest towns in the  municipality of Pájara are [[Morro Jable]] and [[Costa Calma]], both situated on the coast. The small port [[Ajuy, Pájara|Ajuy]] is situated in the north of the municipality, near [[Betancuria]]. The [[Jandía]] peninsula is part of the municipality.
==Geology==
Fuerteventura is the oldest island in the Canary Islands, dating back 20 million years to a volcanic eruption from the [[Canary hotspot]]. The majority of the island was created about 5 million years ago and since then has been eroded by wind and precipitation. On the seabed off the West coast of the island rests an enormous slab of bedrock {{convert|22|km|0|abbr=on}} long and {{convert|11|km|0|abbr=on}} wide, which appears to have slid off the island largely intact at some point in prehistory, similar to the predicted future collapse of [[Cumbre Vieja]], a geological fault on another Canary Island, [[La Palma]]. The last volcanic activity in Fuerteventura occurred between 4,000 and 5,000 years ago.
The highest point in Fuerteventura is Pico de la Zarza (807 m) in the Southwestern part of the island. Geographical features include Istmo de la Pared, which is {{convert|5|km|0|abbr=on}} wide and is the narrowest part of Fuerteventura. The island is divided into two parts, the northern portion which is Maxorata and the southwestern part called the Jandía peninsula.
{{wide image|Fuerteventura D81 6914 (39814797895).jpg|700px|Pájara and the rest of Fuerteventura seen from the south.}}
===Beaches===
Fuerteventura was chosen among 500 European destinations by the Quality Coast International Certification Program of the European Coastal and Marine Union as one of the most attractive tourist destinations for visitors interested in cultural heritage, environment and sustainability.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.qualitycoast.info/brochure/qc2012.pdf |title=Fuerteventura as sustainable tourism destination |access-date=2018-03-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918125549/http://www.qualitycoast.info/brochure/qc2012.pdf |archive-date=2016-09-18 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==The church of Nuestra Señora de Regla in Pájara==
The church of Nuestra Señora de Regla in Pájara town has interesting sculptures of sun pattern, snakes, panther and birds above the main entrance. It is thought by some experts to show [[Aztec influence in Spain|Aztec influence]].<ref>[http://www.gobcan.es/boc/2006/130/009.html Government of the Canary Island page] gobcan.es, retrieved 14 December 2009</ref>
==See also==
*[[List of municipalities in Las Palmas]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
{{Commons category|Pájara}}
*[http://www.fuerteventura.com/Pajara/index.shtml Pájara information, photos and map]
{{Geographic location
|Centre    = Pájara
|North     = [[Betancuria]]
|Northeast =
|East      = [[Tuineje, Las Palmas|Tuineje]]
|Southeast =
|South     = ''Atlantic Ocean''
|Southwest =
|West      = ''[[Atlantic Ocean]]''
|Northwest =
}}
{{Municipalities in Las Palmas|state=autocollapse}}
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[[Category:Municipalities in Fuerteventura]]