Morro Jable is a locality belonging of the municipality of Pájara, in the island of

Fuerteventura Fuerteventura () is one of the Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean, geographically part of Macaronesia, and politically part of Spain. It is located away from the coast of North Africa. The island was declared a biosphere reserve by UNESCO i ...

Canary Islands The Canary Islands (; ) or Canaries are an archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean and the southernmost Autonomous communities of Spain, Autonomous Community of Spain. They are located in the northwest of Africa, with the closest point to the cont ...

, Spain. With around 7,000 inhabitants as of 2020, it is the most populated settlement in the municipality. It was founded by Cirilo López Umpiérrez, who reportedly built the first housing in 1899. Social transformation has come from

tourism Tourism is travel for pleasure, and the Commerce, commercial activity of providing and supporting such travel. World Tourism Organization, UN Tourism defines tourism more generally, in terms which go "beyond the common perception of tourism as ...

growth.

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{{authority control Populated places in Fuerteventura