Artenara

Artenara municipality
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Canary Islands
Province :	Las Palmas
Island:	Gran Canaria
Coordinates	28 ° 1 ′ N , 15 ° 37 ′ W 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
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
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

Commons : Artenara - collection of images, videos and audio files

ISTAC (Statistical Department of the Regional Government of the Canary Islands)

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).

[1] 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).