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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, a Spain, Spanish archipelago off the Atlantic coast of Northwest Africa. the island had a population of that constitut ...
in the
Province of Las Palmas The Province of Las Palmas (, ; ) is a province (Spain), province of Spain, consisting of the eastern part of the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of the Canary Islands. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, capital city of this p ...
in the
Canary Islands The Canary Islands (; ) or Canaries are an archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean and the southernmost Autonomous communities of Spain, Autonomous Community of Spain. They are located in the northwest of Africa, with the closest point to the cont ...
. 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, in the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital city of the Canary Islands (jointly with Santa Cruz de Tenerife) and the m ...
.


Geography and climate

Vega de San Mateo is located in the center of
Gran Canaria Gran Canaria (, ; ), also Grand Canary Island, is the third-largest and second-most-populous island of the Canary Islands, a Spain, Spanish archipelago off the Atlantic coast of Northwest Africa. the island had a population of that constitut ...
. The town is located at the foot of
Pico de las Nieves Pico de las Nieves is the highest peak and a stratovolcano on the island of Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain. Its height is above sea level. On its slopes, Canary Islands Pine was reintroduced in the 1950s. Traditionally, Pico de las Nieve ...
, and the town is located on the windward slope, which is significantly wetter than the coastal areas. Vega de San Mateo has a
warm-summer Mediterranean climate A Mediterranean climate ( ), also called a dry summer climate, described by Köppen and Trewartha as ''Cs'', is a temperate climate type that occurs in the lower mid-latitudes (normally 30 to 44 north and south latitude). Such climates typic ...
(
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: ''Csb''; Trewartha: ''Csbk''), as the precipitation in winter is high enough, and the rainy season (October to March of the following year) accounts for 91% of the annual precipitation. The town's annual precipitation is , which is about 4 to 5 times that of coastal areas. The average annual temperature is , of which the average temperature from April to November is greater than , and August is the warmest month of the year, with an average temperature of . From December to March is winter, and temperatures below freezing are frequent. The annual extreme temperature ranges from on 11 March 1996 to on 11 July 2023. January 1979 was the month with the most precipitation, with a precipitation of . On the 17th of that month, the station recorded the most precipitation in history, with a precipitation of .


Historical population


See also

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List of municipalities in Las Palmas This is a list of the 34 municipalities in the province of Las Palmas in the autonomous community of the Canary Islands, Spain. There are 21 municipalities on the island of Gran Canaria, 6 on the island of Fuerteventura and 7 on the island of Lan ...


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