Santa Lucía de Tirajana
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| Municipality of Santa Lucía de Tirajana | |
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| Autonomous region: | Canary Islands Canary Islands The Canary Islands , also known as the Canaries , is a Spanish archipelago located just off the northwest coast of mainland Africa, 100 km west of the border between Morocco and the Western Sahara. The Canaries are a Spanish autonomous community and an outermost region of the European Union... |
| Province: | Las Palmas Las Palmas (province) The Province of Las Palmas is a province of Spain, consisting of the eastern part of the autonomous community of the Canary Islands.-Composition:... |
| Island: | Gran Canaria Gran Canaria Gran Canaria is the second most populous island of the Canary Islands, with a population of 838,397 which constitutes approximately 40% of the population of the archipelago... |
| Area Area Area is a quantity that expresses the extent of a two-dimensional surface or shape in the plane. Area can be understood as the amount of material with a given thickness that would be necessary to fashion a model of the shape, or the amount of paint necessary to cover the surface with a single coat... : |
61.56 km² some reads 60.98 km² |
| Population Population A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals... : |
53,820 (2004) |
| Population density Population density Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans... : |
882.58/km² |
| Elevation Elevation The elevation of a geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface .... : Lowest: Centre: Highest: |
Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area... 680 m western part (mountain) |
| Location Geographic coordinate system A geographic coordinate system is a coordinate system that enables every location on the Earth to be specified by a set of numbers. The coordinates are often chosen such that one of the numbers represent vertical position, and two or three of the numbers represent horizontal position... : |
27.85/27°51' N lat. 15.4667/15°28' W long. |
| Municipal code: | E-35022 |
| Car designation: | GC until 2001 |
Santa Lucía de Tirajana (first part Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
meaning Saint Lucy
Saint Lucy
Saint Lucy , also known as Saint Lucia, was a wealthy young Christian martyr who is venerated as a saint by Roman Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, and Orthodox Christians. Her feast day in the West is 13 December; with a name derived from lux, lucis "light", she is the patron saint of those who are...
) is a Canarian municipality in the southeastern portion of the island of Gran Canaria
Gran Canaria
Gran Canaria is the second most populous island of the Canary Islands, with a population of 838,397 which constitutes approximately 40% of the population of the archipelago...
in the Las Palmas
Las Palmas (province)
The Province of Las Palmas is a province of Spain, consisting of the eastern part of the autonomous community of the Canary Islands.-Composition:...
province in the Canary Islands
Canary Islands
The Canary Islands , also known as the Canaries , is a Spanish archipelago located just off the northwest coast of mainland Africa, 100 km west of the border between Morocco and the Western Sahara. The Canaries are a Spanish autonomous community and an outermost region of the European Union...
. The population is 53,820 (ISTAC, 2003), its density is 882.58/km² and the area is 61.56 km². Santa Lucía de Tirajana is situated in the mountains and the valley area that are mainly covered with greens and forests. Barren land dominates the north while farmlands and an urban community lies to the southeast and the industrial area as well as the Atlantic Ocean. The residential area to the southeast that has more inhabitants than the town centre. Santa Lucía de Tirajana is located South of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Teide and NE of Puerto Rico and is accessed with the GC1
GC1 (Gran Canaria)
The GC1 is a superhighway on the island of Gran Canaria. It links the capital Las Palmas in the north with Puerto Rico in the south. It is the fastest route from the top of the island to the bottom and vice versa with a top speed limit of 120 km/h...
superhighway. The main industries are agriculture, some businesses and tourism.
Geography
- Location:
- Latitude: 27.85 (27°51') N
- Longitude: 15.57 (15°28') W
- Altitude:
- Lowest: Atlantic Ocean
- Centre: 680 m
- Highest: about 900 to 1,000 m
- Name of inhabitants: -
- Postal code: 35110
Historical population
| Year | Population | Density |
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| 1991 | 33,059 | - |
| 1996 | 40,127 | - |
| 2001 | 47,652 | 768.58/km² |
| 2002 | 49,902 | - |
| 2003 | 52,684 | 855.82/km² |
| 2004 | 53,820 | 882.58/km² |
Other
Santa Lucía de Tirajana has schools, lyceums, a few gymnasia, churches, a post office and squares (plaza).External links
- Santa Lucía de Tirajana page of site
- Map and aerial photos
- Street map from Mapquest, MapPoint
- Google or Yahoo! Maps
- Google or Microsoft Virtual Earth - image now available
- Coordinates: 27°51′0"N 15°28′0"W
See also
| North: Agüimes Agüimes, Las Palmas Agüimes is a Canarian municipality in the eastern portion of the island of Gran Canaria in the Las Palmas province in the Canary Islands. The population is 23,572 , its density is 297.33/km² and the area is 79.28 km². The elevation is 275 m. Agüimes is situated between the mountains and the... |
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| West: San Bartolomé de Tirajana San Bartolomé de Tirajana San Bartolomé de Tirajana is a Canarian municipality in the southeastern portion of the island of Gran Canaria in the Las Palmas province in the Canary Islands... |
Santa Lucía de Tirajana | East: Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area... |
| South: San Bartolomé de Tirajana |