Mogán

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 21,782 (2013),<ref name=pop>Instituto Canario de Estadística Template:Webarchive, population</ref> and the area is 172.44 km².<ref name=area/>

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

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  Puerto de Mogan, coconut palms.
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  Puerto de Mogan, a resort and fishing village.

Heritage sites

Archaeology

Three sites on the municipality grounds are listed Property of cultural interest in the "archaeological zone" category:<ref>List of archaeological sites in Mogan municipality, on grancanariapatrimonio.com. See also Mogan on estodotuyo.com.</ref>

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.<ref name="losgatosGCP">Lomo Los Gatos on grancanariapatrimonio.com.</ref><ref>Template:Cite web.</ref><ref group=note name="catsRavineVid">This uTube video shows the Mogan's ravine (1'02 - 1'11) where the Cat's' ravine archaeological site is located.</ref>

The valley of the Sea (cañada de la Mar) was also declared Property of cultural interest as archaeological zone, in 2005.<ref>Template:Cite web.</ref>

Veneguera's "Cogolla" (La Cogolla de Veneguera) is in the upper part of the Veneguera ravine in the north-west of the municipality.<ref>La Cogolla de Veneguera on grancanariapatrimonio.com. Template:Small.</ref><ref>Template:Cite web.</ref>

Ethnology

Mogan's windmill ("molino quemado de Mogán" is listed since 2002 as Heritage site in the category "ethnological site".<ref>Template:Cite web.</ref>

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  Mogan ravine
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  Veneguera
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See also

• List of municipalities in Las Palmas

External links

• Mogán tourism