Municipality of Gáldar
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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... :	61.59 km² some reads 61.96 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... :	22,992 (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... :	371.08/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... 43 m eastern part
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... :	28.133/28°8' N lat. 15.65/15°39' W long.
Municipal code:	E-35009
Car designation:	GC until 2001

Gáldar's area is 61.59 km² with a population of about 22,763 (ISTAC, 2003) and its density is 369.59/km².

Gáldar is situated in the mountains and are surrounded by valleys. Farmlands are within the coastline while the mountains lies to the southeast, the Atlantic Ocean lies to the west and to the north. A promontory is facing to the northwest. Gáldar is located W of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and GC2

GC2 (Gran Canaria)

The GC-2 North Highway in Gran Canaria . Connects Las Palmas de Gran Canaria with the north little port and village of Agaete...

, N of Puerto Rico and W of Arucas

Arucas, Las Palmas

Arucas is a Canary Islands municipality in the province of Las Palmas. It is situated in the north of Gran Canaria. Arucas is a suburb of Las Palmas city....

 and is linked with a major highway linking Puerto Rico and Agaete. The main industry are agriculture (bananas), businesses and tourism.

Geography and Information

• Location:
  • Latitude: 28.133 (28°8') N
  • Longitude: 15.666 (15°39') W
• Altitude:
  • Lowest: Atlantic Ocean
  • Centre: 43 m
  • Highest: eastern part
• Name of inhabitants: - galdenses
• Postal code: - 35460

Historical population

Year	Population	Density
1991	20,656	-
1996	21,704	-
2001	22,154	357.32/km²
2002	22,677	-
2003	22,763	369.59/km²
2004	22,922	371.08/km²

Other

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

External links

• www.galdar.es
• Map and aerial photos
  • Street map: Street map from Mapquest, MapPoint, Google or Yahoo! Maps
  • Satellite images: Google or Microsoft Virtual Earth - image now available
• Coordinates: 28°8′0"N 15°39′0"W

See also

• Museum and archaeological Park La Cueva Pintada (Painted Cave)
• Grand Canary
• List of municipalities in Las Palmas

	North: 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...
West: Atlantic Ocean	Gáldar	East: Santa María de Guía de Gran Canaria Santa María de Guía de Gran Canaria Santa María de Guía de Gran Canaria is a municipality in Las Palmas province of the Canary Islands. It is located on the north side of Grand Canary island....
Southwest: Agaete	South: Artenara Artenara, Las Palmas Artenara is a Canarian municipality in the west/central and the central portion of the island of Gran Canaria in the Las Palmas province in the Canary Islands. The population is 1,357 , its density is 20.34/km² and the area is 66.7 km²...