Mogán

Mogán is a town and a Spanish municipality in the southwestern part of the island of Gran Canaria, which is one of the three main islands making up the Province of Las Palmas in the Canary Islands, Spain. Its population is 21,782 (2013),[3] and the area is 172.44 km².[1]

Mogán
Municipality
Mogán port
Flag Coat of arms
Municipal location in Gran Canaria
Mogán Location in the province of Las Palmas Mogán Mogán (Canary Islands) Mogán Mogán (Spain, Canary Islands)
Coordinates: 27°53′1″N 15°43′24″W
Country	Spain
Autonomous Region	Canary Islands
Province	Las Palmas
Island	Gran Canaria
Government
• Mayor	Francisco González (PP)
Area [1]
• Total	172.44 km^2 (66.58 sq mi)
Elevation (AMSL)	253 m (830 ft)
Population  (2018)[2]
• Total	19,657
• Density	110/km^2 (300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+0 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (CEST (GMT +1))
Postal code	35140
Area code(s)	+34 (Spain) + 928 (Las Palmas)
Website	www.mogan.es

Geography

Mogán is the second largest municipality by area on the island. It includes the fishing towns of Puerto de Mogán and Arguineguín. Much of the population lives on the Atlantic coastline. The town of Mogán is about 8 kilometres from the coast, 11 km north of Puerto Rico de Gran Canaria and 40 km south-west of Las Palmas. The GC-1 motorway passes through the south of the municipality. There is a string of tourist resorts along the coast.

The main settlements are:

• Arguineguín
• Cornisa del Suroeste
• Mogán
• Playa de Mogán
• Puerto de Mogán
• Puerto Rico

• 
  Puerto de Mogan.
• 
  Puerto de Mogan, a resort and fishing village.

Population

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%

Heritage sites

Archaeology

Three sites on the municipality grounds are listed Property of cultural interest in the "archaeological zone" category:[4]

The Cats' ravine (cañada de los Gatos or Lomo 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 declared Property 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]

Ethnology

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)

See also

• List of municipalities in Las Palmas

Notes and references

Notes

1. This uTube video shows the Mogan's ravine (1'02 - 1'11) where the Cat's' ravine archaeological site is located.

References

1. Instituto Canario de Estadística, area
2. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
3. Instituto Canario de Estadística Archived 2014-04-22 at Archive.today, population
4. List of archaeological sites in Mogan municipality, on grancanariapatrimonio.com. See also Mogan on estodotuyo.com.
5. Lomo Los Gatos on grancanariapatrimonio.com.
6. "Decree 259/1993, September 24, 1993, by which the Cats' ravine ("Lomo de los Gatos" is declared Bien de Interés Cultural, in the category of archaeological zone. BOC N° 137" (in Spanish). 27 October 1993. p. 1735..
7. "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..
8. La Cogolla de Veneguera on grancanariapatrimonio.com. 27.853309°N 15.773°E.
9. "Decree 39/2006, May 9, 2006, by which "La Cogolla de Veneguera" is declared Bien de Interés Cultural, in the category of archaeological zone. BOC N° 093" (in Spanish). 16 May 2006..
10. "Decree 39/2006, May 9, 2006, by which "La Cogolla de Veneguera" is declared Bien de Interés Cultural, in the category of archaeological zone. BOC N°" (PDF) (in Spanish). 28 October 2002. p. 17795..

External links

• Mogán tourism