Moya, Las Palmas Totally Explained

Everything about Moya Las Palmas totally explained

bgcolor="#FFFFFF"efefef>

Map
Municipality of Moya

Statistics
Autonomous region:	Canary Islands
Province:	Las Palmas
Island:	Gran Canaria
Area:	31.87 km² some reads 31.74 km²
Population:	7,825 (2004)
Population density:	246.53/km²
Elevation: Lowest: Centre: Highest:	Atlantic Ocean 490 m southern part
Location:	28.11667/28°7' N lat. 15.5667/15°34' W long.
Municipal code:	E-35013
Car designation:	`GC` until 2001

Moya is a municipality of Las Palmas province, on the Canary Islands. It is in the northern part of the Grand Canary island or Gran Canaria.
Moya's area is 31.87 km² with a population of about 8,307 (ISTAC

, 2003) and its density is 250.63/km².
Moya is situated in the mountains while the valleys cover the northern part, the mountains cover the southern part. Farmlands are within the coastline, the Atlantic Ocean lies to the north. Moya is located W of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and GC2, N of Puerto Rico and W of Arucas and is linked with a major highway linking Puerto Rico and Arucas. The main industry are agriculture, businesses and tourism.

Geography and Information

Location:
- Latitude: 28.11667 (27°8') N
- Longitude: 15.5667 (15°34') W
Altitude:
- Lowest: Atlantic Ocean
- Centre: 490 m
- Highest: eastern part
Name of inhabitants: -
Postal code: -

Historical population

Year	Population	Density
1991	8,007	-
1996	8,663	-
2001	8,137	254.28/km²
2002	8,435	-
2003	8,307	250.63/km²
2004	7,845	245.63/km²

History and Information

The northern part of Gran Canaria was covered in forests during the Spanish conquest of the 15th century. All that's left today are two redoubts, the Finca de Osorio in Teror and the Tilos de Moya. Here, the native chief, Doramas, took refuge after attacking the Castilian conquerors, giving the name Selva de Doramas or "Doramas' Wood". These days, there are old caserios (country-houses) between hills and cliffs with its medicinal waters. The town area is surrounded by huge volcanic valleys and is well known for its fantastic Neo-Romanesque church. This impressive structure dates back to the first half of the 20th century and is the birthplace of famous Spanish poet, Tomas Morales.

Other

Moya has schools, lyceums, a few gymnasia, churches, a post office and a few squares (plazas).

Further Information

Get more info on 'Moya Las Palmas'.

External Link Exchanges

Do you know how hard it is to get a link from a large encyclopaedia? Well we're different and will prove it. To get a link from us just add the following HTML to your site on a relevant page:

<a href="http://moya__las_palmas.totallyexplained.com">Moya, Las Palmas Totally Explained</a>

Then simply click through this link from your web page. Our crawlers will verify your link, extract the title of your web page and instantly add a link back to it. If you like you can remove the words Totally Explained and embed the link in article text.
As long as your link remains in place, we'll keep our link to you right here. Please play fair - our crawlers are watching. Your site must be closely related to this one's topic. Any kind of spamming, dubious practises or removing the link will result in your link from us being dropped and, potentially, your whole site being banned.