Vega de San Mateo is a town and a municipality in the mountainous central part of the island of
Gran Canaria
Gran Canaria (, ; ), also Grand Canary Island, is the third-largest and second-most-populous island of the Canary Islands, an archipelago off the Atlantic coast of Northwest Africa which is part of Spain. the island had a population of that ...
in the
Province of Las Palmas
The Province of Las Palmas (, ; es, Provincia de Las Palmas) is a province of Spain, consisting of the eastern part of the autonomous community of the Canary Islands. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, capital city of this province and of the isla ...
in the
Canary Islands. Its population is 7,774 (2013),
[Instituto Canario de Estadística]
population and the area is 37.89 km².
[ Vega de San Mateo is located 17 km southwest of ]Las Palmas
Las Palmas (, ; ), officially Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, is a Spanish city and capital of Gran Canaria, in the Canary Islands, on the Atlantic Ocean.
It is the capital (jointly with Santa Cruz de Tenerife), the most populous city in the auto ...
.
Historical population
See also
* List of municipalities in Las Palmas
References
External links
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Municipalities in Gran Canaria