Playa Blanca

Playa Blanca is a beach resort and ferry port on the south coast of , some 50 km southwest of the capital Arrecife. It's part of the municipality of , but with a population of 12,960 in 2021 it has far outgrown that village.
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  • Type: Suburb with 2,640 residents
  • Description: human settlement in Yaiza, Las Palmas, Lanzarote, Las Palmas Province, Spain
  • Postal code: 35580

Places of Interest

Highlights include Castillo de las Coloradas and Church of Our Lady of Carmen.

Castle
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is a castle.

Church
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Volcano
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is a volcano.

Playa Blanca

Latitude
28.8632° or 28° 51′ 48″ north
Longitude
-13.8299° or 13° 49′ 48″ west
Population
2,640
Elevation
16 metres (52 feet)
IATA airport code
QLY
United Nations Location Code
ES QLY
Open location code
7CW8V57C+72
Open­Street­Map ID
node 258765977
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
2512465
Wiki­data ID
Q2000517
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Swedish—“Playa Blanca” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Playa Blanca”
  • Cebuano: “Playa Blanca”
  • Czech: “Playa Blanca”
  • Danish: “Playa Blanca”
  • Dutch: “Playa Blanca”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الشط الابيض”
  • Faroese: “Playa Blanca”
  • French: “Playa Blanca”
  • Galician: “Playa Blanca”
  • German: “Playa Blanca”
  • Greek: “Πλάγια Μπλάνκα”
  • Icelandic: “Playa Blanca”
  • Italian: “Playa Blanca”
  • Italian: “spiaggia di Blanca”
  • Japanese: “プラジャ・ブランカ”
  • Japanese: “ブランカ浜”
  • Kalaallisut: “Playa Blanca”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Playa Blanca”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Playa Blanca”
  • Norwegian: “Playa Blanca”
  • Polish: “Playa Blanca”
  • Russian: “Плайя Бланка”
  • Russian: “Плайя-Бланка”
  • Russian: “Плая-Бланка”
  • Slovenian: “Playa Blanca, Lanzarote”
  • Spanish: “Playa Blanca”
  • Swedish: “Playa Blanca”

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