Mogan

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Mogán municipality
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Mogán coat of arms
Mogán (Canary Islands)
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Basic data
Autonomous Community : Canary Islands
Province : Las Palmas
Island: Gran Canaria
Coordinates 27 ° 53 ′  N , 15 ° 43 ′  W Coordinates: 27 ° 53 ′  N , 15 ° 43 ′  W
Height : 23  msnm
Area : 172.43 km²
Residents : 20,072 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density : 116.41 inhabitants / km²
Postal code : E-35140
Municipality number  ( INE ): 35012
administration
Mayor : José Francisco González González ( PP ) (as of 2005)
Address of the municipal administration: C / General Franco, 4
35140 - Mogán
Website : mogan.es
Location of the municipality
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Mogán is a municipality on the Canary Island of Gran Canaria . It has 20,072 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) on an area of ​​172.43 km².

geography

The municipality of Mogán is located in the southwest of Gran Canaria . The neighboring municipalities are Tejeda in the north, San Bartolomé de Tirajana in the east and San Nicolás de Tolentino in the northwest. The main town of the municipality, the village of Mogán, is located in the Barranco de Mogán, which is considered to be one of the most fertile and scenic valleys in Gran Canaria. Around 700 people live in the town of Mogán itself, which has developed as a long-drawn-out settlement in the middle of fertile cultivated land on the edge of steep mountain slopes. Numerous houses are surrounded by lush gardens and are therefore a factor in the large number of tourists. The diversity of the gardens could only be created because of the abundance of water in the Barranco de Mogán, which also applies to the predominantly small fields in the valley where lemons, mangoes, papayas, aubergines and bananas ripen. In large greenhouses, cut and ornamental flowers intended for export are mainly grown.

Small towns with tourist hotels have sprung up in many valleys along the coastal road. Sand was procured from Western Sahara for at least one of the beaches .

Districts

Residents

year Residents Population density
1970 4,919 -
1981 6,608 -
1991 8,688 -
1996 10,398 -
2001 12,444 72.3 inhabitants / km²
2002 15,935 -
2003 15,932 98.1 inhabitants / km²
2004 15.176 88.2 inhabitants / km²
2005 15,953 92.5 inhabitants / km²
2016 21,049 122 inhabitants / km²

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  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).
  2. ^ Conflict beach taking shape in Canary Islands. In: wsrw.org . December 4, 2019, accessed February 5, 2020.