Yaiza is a
municipality on the island of
Lanzarote in the
Canary Islands,
Spain. It lies in the southwest of the island and forms part of the
province of Las Palmas. The municipality is bounded by the
Atlantic Ocean to the west, south and east. In the west is the lagoon of Charco Verde. To the north the
Timanfaya National Park is partly within the municipality. The eastern part of the municipality is mountainous, and south west of the mountains the
Rubicon plain stretches to the coast.