| Maspalomas | |
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| Country: | Spain |
| Autonomous Community: | Canary Islands |
| Province: | Las Palmas |
| Island: | Gran Canaria |
| Municipality: | San Bartolomé de Tirajana |
| Population: | 33,000 (2004) |
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| Time zone: | CET, UTC+1 |
| Elevation: | 5 amsl |
| Postal code: | 35290 |
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Maspalomas 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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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.
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