Valsequillo de Gran Canaria

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Valsequillo de Gran Canaria is a Canarian municipality in the eastern portion of the island of Gran Canaria in the Las Palmas province in the Canary Islands. Vega de San Mateo is a suburb of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. The population is 8,381 (ISTAC (http://www.gobiernodecanarias.org/istac/), 2003), its density is 214.07/km² and the area is 39.15 km²/3,915 ha. Valsequillo is situated in a mountain setting. Valsequillo is located SW of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and W of Teide and is on a road linking to the capital as well as Teide, Vega de San Mateo and the northwestern part of Gran Canaria. The main industry are agriculture and tourism. Farmlands are situated in the valleys while the mountains covers most of Valsequillo.

Contents

1 Geography 2 Other 3 External links 4 See also

Geography

• Location:
  • Latitude: 28.01 (28°1') N
  • Longitude: 15.55 (15°33') W
• Altitude:
  • Lowest: eastern part
  • Centre: 558 m
  • Highest: southwestern part

Other

Valsequillo has schools, lyceums, a few gymnasia, churches, a post office and squares (plaza).

External links

• Map and aerial photos
  • Street map from Mapquest (http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=28.1&longitude=-15.55&zoom=6). MapPoint (http://maps.msn.com/map.aspx?&lats1=.&lons1=-15.55&alts1=35) or Google (http://maps.google.com/maps?||=28.1,-15.55)
  • Google (http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=28.1,-15.55&spn=0.11,0.18&t=k)
• Coordinates: 28° 1′ 0″ N 15° 33′ 0″ W (http://kvaleberg.com/extensions/mapsources/index.php?params=28_1_0_N_15_33_0_W_)

See also

• List of municipalities in Las Palmas

	North: Santa Brígida	Northeast: Telde
West: Vega de San Mateo	Valsequillo	East: Telde
	South: San Bartolomé de Tirajana	Southeast: Ingenio

Municipalities in Gran Canaria

Agaete | Agüimes | Artenara | Arucas | Firgas | Gáldar | Ingenio | Mogán | Moya | Las Palmas | San Bartolomé de Tirajana | San Nicolás de Tolentino | Sta. Brígida | Sta. Lucía de Tirajana | Santa María de Guía | Tejeda | Telde | Valleseco | Valsequillo | Vega de San Mateo

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