El Rompido is a coastal borough in the municipality of Cartaya

Cartaya

Cartaya is a spanish locality and municipality in the province of Huelva . In 2010 had 18,415 inhabitants. Its surface area is 226.4 km² and has a density of 81.34 people per km²....

 which is situated in the province of Huelva

Huelva

Huelva is a city in southwestern Spain, the capital of the province of Huelva in the autonomous region of Andalusia. It is located along the Gulf of Cadiz coast, at the confluence of the Odiel and Tinto rivers. According to the 2010 census, the city has a population of 149,410 inhabitants. The...

. El Rompido was founded sometime in the 1500s

16th century

As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century lasted from 1501 to 1600. It is regarded by historians as the century in which the rise of the West occurred....

. El Rompido is situated in the mouth of the Río Piedras. It has 1,629 inhabitants and is 8 kilometres away from Cartaya which connects to El Rompido via Carretera Forestal de las Cumbres.

Other information

One of El Rompido's main industries is tourism. The first rounds of tourism came in the 1970s and 1980s. In El Rompido there are a few four or five star hotels, a town centre and several golf courses. Situated in Andalucía

Andalusia

Andalusia is the most populous and the second largest in area of the autonomous communities of Spain. The Andalusian autonomous community is officially recognised as a nationality of Spain. The territory is divided into eight provinces: Huelva, Seville, Cádiz, Córdoba, Málaga, Jaén, Granada and...

, neighbouring towns include Cartaya

Cartaya

Cartaya is a spanish locality and municipality in the province of Huelva . In 2010 had 18,415 inhabitants. Its surface area is 226.4 km² and has a density of 81.34 people per km²....

, Lepe, Punta Umbria and Ayamonte

Ayamonte

Ayamonte is a town and municipality located in the province of Huelva, Spain. According to the 2005 census, the city has a population of 18,001 inhabitants.-Location and history:...

. The economy also used to rely on fishing as it is on the coast, next to a spit named Fletcha de el Rompido (English: Arrow of El Rompido). Almadraba

Almadraba

Almadraba tuna is tuna caught by an elaborate and age-old Andalusian technique of setting nets in a maze that leads to a central pool called "copo". In Sicily, the mazes of nets, and also the places where the nets are set are called Tonnara, and the overall method of capturing the fishes is called...

tuna fishing attracted many Portuguese workers and people alike.