Moya (Gran Canaria)

Moya parish
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coat of arms	Map of the Canary Islands
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Canary Islands
Province :	Las Palmas
Island:	Gran Canaria
Coordinates	28 ° 7 ′  N , 15 ° 34 ′  W Coordinates: 28 ° 7 ′  N , 15 ° 34 ′  W
Height :	490  msnm
Area :	31.87 km²
Residents :	7,696 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	241.48 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	E-35420
Municipality number  ( INE ):	35013
administration
Mayor :	Antonio Perera Hernández ( CC ) (as of 09/2006)
Address of the municipal administration:	C / Miguel Hernandez, 13 35420 - Moya
Website :	villademoya.es
Location of the municipality

Moya is a municipality on the Canary Island of Gran Canaria . It has 7696 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) on an area of ​​31.87 km².

Moya is west of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and north of Puerto Rico and GC2 . The neighboring municipalities are Arucas in the northwest, Firgas in the east, Valleseco in the southeast, Artenara and Tejeda in the south, and Gáldar in the southwest and Santa María de Guía de Gran Canaria in the west.

Residents

year	Residents	Population density
1991	8.007	251.2 inhabitants / km²
1996	8,663	271.8 inhabitants / km²
2001	8,137	255.3 inhabitants / km²
2002	8,435	264.7 inhabitants / km²
2003	8,307	260.7 inhabitants / km²
2004	7,845	246.2 inhabitants / km²
2005	7,801	244.8 inhabitants / km²

economy

For centuries, the cheese made from sheep, goat or cow's milk from Moya and its neighboring communities Gáldar and Santa María de Guía has been known for its quality.

Web links

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

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

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).