Key facts
- Country
- Spain
- Autonomous community
- Canary Islands
- Province
- Las Palmas
- Island
- Gran Canaria
- Mayor
- Juan José Gil Méndez (PP)
- Total
- 38.15 km (14.73 sq mi)
- Elevation amsl
- 558 m (1,831 ft)
- Density
- 862.5/km (2,234/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+0 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+1 (CEST (GMT +1))
- Area code
- +34 (Spain) + 928 (Las Palmas)
- Website
- www.ingenio.es
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Spain
- Official name
- Ingenio
- Demonym
- ingeniense
- Country
- Spain
- Located in
- Las Palmas
- Continent
- Europe
- Population
- 32747
- Area
- 38.15
- Elevation
- 558
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Body of water
- Atlantic Ocean
- Shares border with
- Agüimes
- Official website
- ingenio.es
- Image
- Ingenio, en Gran Canaria (Las Palmas, España).jpg
- Licence plate code
- GC
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- Commons category
- Ingenio
- postal code
- 35250
- male population
- 15769
- female population
- 15552
- P8168
- Erro
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Encyclopedic overview
Ingenio is a town and a Spanish municipality in the eastern part of the island of Gran Canaria in the Province of Las Palmas in the Canary Islands. Its population is 29,978 (2013), and the area is 38.15 km (14.73 sq mi).
Ingenio is situated between the mountains and the Atlantic Ocean, 24 km (15 mi) south of the island's capital Las Palmas and 9 km (6 mi) south of Telde. The municipality includes the town Carrizal. The GC-1 motorway passes east of the town, and the Gran Canaria Airport is situated in the eastern part of the municipality. In agriculture, sugar cane is one of the dominant crops in Ingenio.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ingenio” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.