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. Categories: Spain geography stubs | Canary Islands | Provinces of Spain ... Capitals Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Santa Cruz de Tenerife Area  – Total  – % of Spain Ranked 13th  7 447 km²  1,5% Population  – Total (2003)  – % of Spain  – Density Ranked 8th  1 843 755  4,4%  247,58/km² Demonym  – English  – Spanish  Canary Islander  canario/a Statute of Autonomy August 16, 1982... Gran Canaria is one of the Canary Islands, an archipelago located in the Atlantic Ocean 210 km from the northwest coast of Africa and belonging to Spain. ...

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. Arucas is a Canary Islands municipality in the province of Las Palmas. ...

Geography and Information

• Location:
  • Latitude: 27.95 (27°57') N
  • Longitude: 15.55 (15°33') W
• Altitude:
  • Lowest: Atlantic Ocean
  • Centre: 490 m
  • Highest: eastern part
• Name of inhabitants: -
• Postal code: -

Postal codes were introduced in Spain in 1976, when CTT introduced automated sorting. ...

Other

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

External links

• Map and aerial photos
  • Street map: Street map from Mapquest, MapPoint or Google
  • Satellite images: Google
• Coordinates: 28° 8′ 0″ N 15° 33′ 0″ W

See Also

• Grand Canary
• List of municipalities in Las Palmas

Gran Canaria is one of the Canary Islands, an archipelago located in the Atlantic Ocean 210 km from the northwest coast of Africa and belonging to Spain. ... This is a list of the municipalities in the province of Las Palmas in the autonomous community of the Canary Islands, Spain. ...

Arucas is a Canary Islands municipality in the province of Las Palmas. ... Missing image Image:c_3_08a_. ... Gáldar is a municipality of Las Palmas province, on the Canary Islands. ... Artenara is a Canarian municipality in the westcentral and the central portion of the island of Gran Canaria in the Las Palmas province in the Canary Islands. ...