Mogán Explained

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 (2013),^[2] and the area is 172.44 km².^[1]

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

Heritage sites

Archaeology

Three sites on the municipality grounds are listed Property of cultural interest in the "archaeological zone" category:^[3]

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.^{[4] [5] [6]}

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]

See also

• List of municipalities in Las Palmas

Notes and references

References

External links

• Mogán tourism

Notes and References

1. http://www.gobiernodecanarias.org/istac/jaxi-istac/menu.do?uripub=urn:uuid:fbc0bdc8-cacb-43b8-a5cb-a93f745dcff6 Instituto Canario de Estadística
2. http://www2.gobiernodecanarias.org/istac/estadisticas/E30260A_1/php/pob_001.php?anyo=2013&territorio=35012 Instituto Canario de Estadística
3. http://www.grancanariapatrimonio.com/bienes-de-interes-cultural?buscadorNoticias=true&idCategoria2=2596598 List of archaeological sites in Mogan municipality
4. http://www.grancanariapatrimonio.com/-/bic-lomo-los-gatos?redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.grancanariapatrimonio.com%2Fbienes-de-interes-cultural%3Fp_p_id%3D101_INSTANCE_zIdNSQiWrZ95%26p_p_lifecycle%3D0%26p_p_state%3Dnormal%26p_p_mode%3Dview%26p_p_col_id%3Dcolumn-1%26p_p_col_count%3D1 Lomo Los Gatos
5. Web site: 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 . 27 October 1993 . 1735 . es. .
6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zu4rVSopbKc This uTube video
7. Web site: 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 . 1 August 2005 . 14376. es. .
8. http://www.grancanariapatrimonio.com/-/bic-la-cogolla-de-veneguera?inheritRedirect=true La Cogolla de Veneguera
9. Web site: 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 . 16 May 2006 . es. .
10. Web site: 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° . 28 October 2002 . 17795. es. .