Arucas
Arucas is a municipality in the northern part of the island of Gran Canaria, province of Las Palmas, Canary Islands. Arucas borders Las Palmas to the west and is part of its urban area.- Locality with 36,800 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 150 metres (492 feet)
- Description: municipality of Spain
- Also known as“35006”“Arucas, Las Palmas”
- Neighbors: Las Palmas
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of San Juan Bautista and Jardin de la Marquesa de Arucas.
Church of San Juan Bautista
Church
The Church of San Juan Bautista or Arucas Church…
Jardin de la Marquesa de Arucas
Garden
Jardin de la Marquesa de Arucas is a garden.
Statue of Domingo Rivero
Work of art
Statue of Domingo Rivero is a work of art.
Arucas
- Category: municipality of Spain
- Location
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Latitude
28.135° or 28° 8′ 6″ north
Longitude
-15.5173° or 15° 31′ 2″ west
Open location code
7CW64FPM+23
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Waray—“Arucas” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أروكاس”
- Aragonese: “Arucas”
- Armenian: “Արուկաս”
- Asturian: “Arucas”
- Basque: “Arucas”
- Catalan: “Arucas (Gran Canaria)”
- Catalan: “Arucas (Gran Canària)”
- Catalan: “Arucas (Las Palmas)”
- Catalan: “Arucas”
- Cebuano: “Arucas”
- Chechen: “Арукас”
- Chinese: “阿魯卡斯”
- Chinese: “阿鲁卡斯”
- Dagbani: “Arucas”
- Danish: “Arucas”
- Dutch: “Arucas”
- Egyptian Arabic: “اروكاس”
- Esperanto: “Arucas”
- Finnish: “Arucas”
- French: “Arucas”
- Galician: “Arucas”
- Georgian: “არუკასი”
- German: “Arucas”
- Hebrew: “ארוקאס”
- Hungarian: “Arucas”
- Interlingua: “Arucas”
- Irish: “Arucas”
- Italian: “Arucas”
- Japanese: “アルーカス (ラス・パルマス)”
- Ladin: “Arucas”
- Latin: “Arucas”
- Lithuanian: “Arukas”
- Lithuanian: “Arukasas”
- Lombard: “Arucas”
- Macedo-Romanian: “Arucas”
- Malagasy: “Arucas”
- Malay: “Arucas, Las Palmas”
- Malay: “Arucas”
- Northern Frisian: “Arucas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Arucas, Las Palmas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Arucas”
- Norwegian: “Arucas”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Arucas”
- Polish: “Arucas”
- Portuguese: “Arucas”
- Russian: “Арукас”
- Serbian: “Арукас”
- Slovenian: “Arucas, Gran Canaria”
- Slovenian: “Arucas”
- Spanish: “Arucas”
- Standard Moroccan Tamazight: “ⴰⵔⵓⴽⴰⵙ”
- Swedish: “Arucas, Las Palmas”
- Swedish: “Arucas”
- Tachelhit: “Arukas”
- Tatar: “Арукас”
- Turkish: “Arucas”
- Ukrainian: “Арукас”
- Urdu: “اروکاس، لاس پالماس”
- Uzbek: “Arucas”
- Uzbek: “Arukas”
- Uzbek: “Арукас”
- Venetian: “Arucas”
- Waray (Philippines): “Arucas”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cuevas del Guincho and Mirador De La Montaña De Arucas.
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