Tejeda
Tejeda is a village and a municipality in the mountainous central part of the island of Gran Canaria in the province of Las Palmas in the Canary Islands.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Llez, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 606 residents
- Description: municipality of Spain
- Postal code: 35328
Places of Interest
Highlights include Center for Medicinal Plants of Tejeda and Roque Nublo.
Center for Medicinal Plants of Tejeda
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Center for Medicinal Plants of Tejeda is a museum.
Roque Nublo
Peak
Photo: Basotxerri, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Roque Nublo is a volcanic rock on the island of Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain. It is 80 m tall, and its top is 1,813 m above sea level. The Roque Nublo is the third highest point on the island of Gran Canaria, after the Morro de la Agujereada at 1,956 m, and the Pico de las Nieves at 1,949 m. Roque Nublo is situated 2½ km south of Tejeda.
Roque Bentayga
Peak
Photo: Tito Pullo, CC BY 4.0.
Roque Bentayga is a rock formation on the island of Gran Canaria. It is located within the volcanic caldera of Tejeda, in the municipality of the same name, in the heart of the island. Roque Bentayga is situated 2½ km west of Tejeda.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Central Gran Canaria and Fontanales.
Central Gran Canaria
Photo: Eckhard Jakob, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The central part of Gran Canaria is part of a UNESCO biosphere reserve. Due to sparse population, this volcanic-origin area is a popular destination among hikers.
Fontanales
Hamlet
Photo: Sailko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fontanales is a hamlet, which is situated 7 km north of Tejeda.
San Bartolomé de Tirajana
Town
Photo: Sailko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
San Bartolomé de Tirajana is a town, which is situated 9 km southeast of Tejeda.
Tejeda
- Categories: municipality of Spain and locality
- Location: Tejeda, Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
27.99538° or 27° 59′ 43″ northLongitude
-15.61537° or 15° 36′ 55″ westPopulation
606Elevation
1,046 metres (3,432 feet)Open location code
7CV6X9WM+5VOpenStreetMap ID
node 274980782OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2510558Wikidata ID
Q986361
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Waray—“Tejeda” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “تيخيدا”
- Aragonese: “Tejeda”
- Asturian: “Tejeda”
- Basque: “Tejeda”
- Catalan: “Tejeda”
- Cebuano: “Tejeda”
- Chechen: “Техеда”
- Chinese: “特赫达”
- Chinese: “特赫達”
- Danish: “Tejeda”
- Dutch: “Tejeda”
- Egyptian Arabic: “تيخيدا”
- Esperanto: “Tejeda”
- French: “Tejeda”
- Galician: “Tejeda”
- Georgian: “ტეხედა”
- German: “Tejeda”
- Hungarian: “Tejeda”
- Interlingua: “Tejeda”
- Irish: “Tejeda”
- Italian: “Tejeda”
- Japanese: “テヘーダ (ラス・パルマス)”
- Latin: “Tejeda”
- Lithuanian: “Techeda”
- Lombard: “Tejeda”
- Malay: “Tejeda, Las Palmas”
- Malay: “Tejeda”
- Northern Frisian: “Tejeda”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Tejeda”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Tejeda”
- Persian: “تهدا”
- Polish: “Tejeda”
- Portuguese: “Tejeda”
- Russian: “Техеда”
- Sardinian: “Tejeda”
- South Azerbaijani: “تهدا”
- Spanish: “Tejeda”
- Swedish: “Tejeda”
- Tatar: “Техеда”
- Turkish: “Tejeda”
- Ukrainian: “Техеда”
- Uzbek: “Tejeda”
- Uzbek: “Texeda”
- Uzbek: “Тежеда”
- Uzbek: “Техеда”
- Venetian: “Tejeda”
- Waray (Philippines): “Tejeda”
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