Artenara
Artenara municipality | ||
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coat of arms | Map of the Canary Islands | |
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Basic data | ||
Autonomous Community : | Canary Islands | |
Province : | Las Palmas | |
Island: | Gran Canaria | |
Coordinates | 28 ° 1 ′ N , 15 ° 37 ′ W | |
Height : | 1270 msnm | |
Area : | 66.7 km² | |
Residents : | 1,069 (Jan 1, 2019) | |
Population density : | 16.03 inhabitants / km² | |
Postal code : | E-35350 | |
Municipality number ( INE ): | 35005 | |
administration | ||
Mayor : | Guacimara Medina Pérez ( PSOE ) (status 08/2006) | |
Address of the municipal administration: | C / Matias Vega, 1 35350 - Artenara |
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Website : | www.artenara.es | |
Location of the municipality | ||
Artenara is a municipality on the Canary Island of Gran Canaria . It has 1069 inhabitants (January 1, 2019) on an area of 66.7 km².
Artenara is located southwest of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and north of Puerto Rico . The neighboring communities are Agaete in the north, Gáldar in the northeast, Tejeda in the east, southeast and south and San Nicolás de Tolentino in the west.
The town's landmark is the parish church of San Matias. There are numerous inhabited cave dwellings in the older part of the village . In the cave chapel of the Virgen de la Cuevita (Virgin of the Little Cave) there is a statue that, according to tradition, was brought here by Mallorcan missionaries in the 14th century . The figure of Mary is the patron saint of veterans and cyclists on the island. Her feast day is at the end of August.
year | Residents | Population density |
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1991 | 1.105 | - |
1996 | 1,250 | - |
2001 | 1,319 | 19.7 inhabitants / km² |
2002 | 1,394 | - |
2003 | 1,357 | 20.3 inhabitants / km² |
2004 | 1,469 | 22.0 inhabitants / km² |
2005 | 1,386 | 20.8 inhabitants / km |
Districts
- Las Peñas,
- Las Arbejas,
- Cueva Nueva,
- La Umbría,
- Cueva de los Gatos,
- Lomo Cuchara,
- La Cuevita,
- Bajo el Risco,
- La Degollada,
- Guardaya,
- Las Moradas,
- Los Cofrites,
- Chajunco,
- Caideros,
- Las Cuevas,
- Bajalobos,
- Risco Caído,
- Roque del Pino,
- Coruña,
- Las Hoyas,
- Lugarejos,
- Tirma,
- El Vaquero,
- Tifaracás,
- Mojones,
- Venta Nieves,
- Acusa Seca,
- Acusa Verde
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero . Population statistics from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (population update).