Mogán

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

Image:PuertoDeMoganGC.jpg|Puerto de Mogan, coconut palms. Image:Puerto de mogan.jpg|Puerto de Mogan, a resort and fishing village.

Population

| 1991 | 8688 | 1996 | 10398 | 2001 | 12444 | 2002 | 15935 | 2003 | 15932 | 2004 | 15176 | 2013 | 21782 | 2017 | 19783

Heritage sites

Archaeology

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

: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.This YouTube video shows the Mogan's ravine (1'02 - 1'11) where the Cat's' ravine archaeological site is located.

:The valley of the Sea (cañada de la Mar) was also declared Property of cultural interest as archaeological zone, in 2005.

:Veneguera's "Cogolla" (La Cogolla de Veneguera) is in the upper part of the Veneguera ravine in the north-west of the municipality.

Ethnology

Mogan's windmill ("molino quemado de Mogán" is listed since 2002 as Heritage site in the category "ethnological site".

File:Barr de Mogan Pie de la Cuesta kz1.JPG|Mogan ravine File:SP-GC-mogan-casas-de-veneguera.jpg|Veneguera File:SP-GC-mogan-windmuehle.jpg|

References

1. [http://www.gobiernodecanarias.org/istac/jaxi-istac/menu.do?uripub=urn:uuid:fbc0bdc8-cacb-43b8-a5cb-a93f745dcff6 Instituto Canario de Estadística], area
2. link. (2014-04-22 , population)
3. [http://www.grancanariapatrimonio.com/bienes-de-interes-cultural?buscadorNoticias=true&idCategoria2=2596598 List of archaeological sites in Mogan municipality], on ''grancanariapatrimonio.com''. See also [http://www.estodotuyo.com/2012/03/23/visita-guiada-al-yacimiento-de-lomo-los-gatos-en-mogan/ Mogan] on ''estodotuyo.com''.
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] on ''grancanariapatrimonio.com''.
5. (27 October 1993). "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".
6. (1 August 2005). "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".
7. {{Coord. 27.853309. N. 15.773. E. type:landmark_region:ES.
8. (16 May 2006). "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".
9. (28 October 2002). "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°".