Municipality of Betancuria
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The Municipality of Betancuria is a historic inland municipality on the island of Fuerteventura in Spain’s Canary Islands, known for its former status as the island’s capital and its well-preserved traditional architecture.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| municipality of Betancuria | 1 |
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | municipality ⓘ |
| capital | Betancuria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climate | semi-arid ⓘ |
| coastal | false ⓘ |
| contains |
Betancuria
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Valle de Santa Inés NERFINISHED ⓘ Vega de Río Palmas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Spain ⓘ |
| economy |
agriculture
ⓘ
tourism ⓘ |
| formerCapitalOf | Fuerteventura NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedInCentury | 15th century ⓘ |
| governmentType | municipal council ⓘ |
| hasCulturalAttraction |
historic churches
ⓘ
traditional Canarian houses ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
mountainous interior landscape
ⓘ
ravines and valleys ⓘ |
| hasHeritageStatus | historic center protected ⓘ |
| heritage | traditional rural Canarian townscape ⓘ |
| knownFor |
historic character
ⓘ
traditional Canarian architecture ⓘ well-preserved old town ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Canary Islands
ⓘ
Fuerteventura NERFINISHED ⓘ Macaronesia NERFINISHED ⓘ Province of Las Palmas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInland | true ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | UTC+0 ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZoneDST | UTC+1 ⓘ |
| locatedOn | island of Fuerteventura NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnContinent |
Africa (geographically)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Europe (politically) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Jean de Béthencourt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| partOf |
Kingdom of Spain
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
autonomous community of Canary Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religionHistoricallyDominant | Roman Catholicism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeZone | WET ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST | WEST ⓘ |
| transport | connected by road to other parts of Fuerteventura ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
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this entity surface form:
municipality of Betancuria