Municipality in Canary Islands, Spain
Mogán is a town and aSpanish municipality in the southwestern part of the island ofGran Canaria , which is one of the three main islands making up theProvince of Las Palmas in theCanary Islands , Spain. Its population is 21,782 (2013),[ 3] and the area is 172.44 km2 .[ 1]
Mogán is the second largestmunicipality by area on the island. It includes the fishing towns ofPuerto de Mogán andArguineguín . Much of the population lives on the Atlantic coastline. The town of Mogán is about 8 kilometres from the coast, 11 km north ofPuerto Rico de Gran Canaria and 40 km south-west ofLas Palmas . TheGC-1 motorway passes through the south of the municipality. There is a string of tourist resorts along the coast.
The main settlements are:
Historical population Year Pop. ±% 1991 8,688 — 1996 10,398 +19.7% 2001 12,444 +19.7% 2002 15,935 +28.1%
Year Pop. ±% 2003 15,932 −0.0% 2004 15,176 −4.7% 2013 21,782 +43.5% 2017 19,783 −9.2%
Three sites on the municipality grounds are listedProperty of cultural interest in the "archaeological zone" category:[ 4]
TheCats' ravine (cañada de los Gatos orLomo los Gatos ) is located at the mouth of the Mogan ravine that opens onto Mogan beach.[ 5] [ 6] [ note 1] The valley of the Sea (cañada de la Mar ) was also declaredProperty of cultural interest as archaeological zone, in 2005.[ 7] Veneguera's "Cogolla " (La Cogolla de Veneguera ) is in the upper part of the Veneguera ravine in the north-west of the municipality.[ 8] [ 9] Mogan's windmill ("molino quemado de Mogán " is listed since 2002 as Heritage site in the category "ethnological site".[ 10]
Mogan ravine
Veneguera
The Burnt mill(Molino quemado)
Notes and references [ edit ] ^ This uTube video shows the Mogan's ravine (1'02 - 1'11) where the Cat's' ravine archaeological site is located.^a b Instituto Canario de Estadística , area^ National Statistics Institute (13 December 2024)."Municipal Register of Spain of 2024" . ^ Instituto Canario de Estadística Archived 2014-04-22 atarchive.today , population^ List of archaeological sites in Mogan municipality , ongrancanariapatrimonio.com . See alsoMogan onestodotuyo.com .^ Lomo Los Gatos ongrancanariapatrimonio.com .^ "Decree 259/1993, September 24, 1993, by which the Cats' ravine ("Lomo de los Gatos " is declaredBien de Interés Cultural , in the category of archaeological zone. BOC N° 137" (in Spanish). 27 October 1993. p. 1735. .^ "Decree 175/2005, July 20, 2005, by which "La Cañada de La Mar" is declared Bien de Interés Cultural, in the category of archaeological zone. BOC No. 149" (in Spanish). 1 August 2005. p. 14376. .^ La Cogolla de Veneguera ongrancanariapatrimonio.com .27°51′12″N 15°46′23″E / 27.853309°N 15.773°E /27.853309; 15.773 .^ "Decree 39/2006, May 9, 2006, by which "La Cogolla de Veneguera " is declaredBien de Interés Cultural , in the category of archaeological zone. BOC N° 093" (in Spanish). 16 May 2006. .^ "Decree 39/2006, May 9, 2006, by which "La Cogolla de Veneguera " is declaredBien de Interés Cultural , in the category of archaeological zone. BOC N°" (PDF) (in Spanish). 28 October 2002. p. 17795. .
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