Elevation of San Bartolomé de Tirajana, Spain
2,910ft
above sea level · 887 m
San Bartolomé de Tirajana is a city of 54,291 people in Las Palmas province, Canary Islands, the 5th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 153 municipalities with more than 50,000 people, it’s the 5th highest.
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 27.92° N · 15.57° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 27° 55′ 30″ N · 15° 34′ 22″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 28R · 443,633 E · 3,089,025 N
- Zone 28 · REGCAN95, the official datum in the Canary Islands
- Municipality
- San Bartolomé de Tirajana
- INE code 35019
- Time zone
- Canary Islands time
- UTC+0 · UTC+1 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 54,291 people
- 128 sq mi municipality · 423 people/sq mi
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 2,911 ft (887.4 m)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 2,910 ft.
Population
San Bartolomé de Tirajana had 54,291 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 1.2% fewer than in 2015, when it had 54,932. The municipality covers 128 sq mi, a density of 423 people/sq mi, against a Spanish average of 251 people/sq mi.
It’s the 5th most populous of the 34 municipalities in Las Palmas province, after Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (381,868), home to 4.6% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s cities over 50,000
San Bartolomé de Tirajana sits 2,910 ft (887 m) above sea level. Of the 153 Spanish municipalities with more than 50,000 people, the highest is Ávila, at 3,691 ft, and the lowest is Melilla, at 7 ft. The average is 919 ft, so San Bartolomé de Tirajana is 1,991 ft above it.
The provincial capital, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, is 16 mi away in a straight line and 2,894 ft lower than San Bartolomé de Tirajana.
Of the 5 cities in Las Palmas province with an elevation page, San Bartolomé de Tirajana is the highest. The others are Santa Lucía de Tirajana (2,267 ft), Telde (381 ft), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (16 ft), and Arrecife (10 ft).
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in Las Palmas province is Morro de La Agujerada, at 6,430 ft (1,960 m). It lies 2.5 mi away in a straight line, 3,520 ft above San Bartolomé de Tirajana.
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of San Bartolomé de Tirajana.
What is the elevation of San Bartolomé de Tirajana, Spain?
San Bartolomé de Tirajana sits at 2,910 feet (887 meters) above sea level. That’s the official figure from Spain’s National Geographic Institute (IGN), measured at the reference point of the town center.
What are the coordinates of San Bartolomé de Tirajana?
Latitude 27.92499 and longitude -15.57288 in decimal degrees (27° 55′ 30″ N · 15° 34′ 22″ W). In UTM, zone 28: 443,633 E and 3,089,025 N, in the REGCAN95 datum.
How does San Bartolomé de Tirajana rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 5th highest of the 153 municipalities with more than 50,000 people. The highest is Ávila (3,691 ft) and the lowest, Melilla (7 ft).
Which is higher, San Bartolomé de Tirajana or Las Palmas de Gran Canaria?
San Bartolomé de Tirajana. San Bartolomé de Tirajana sits at 2,910 ft and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria at 16 ft: a difference of 2,894 ft, 16 mi apart in a straight line.
How is elevation measured?
Elevation is the height of a point above mean sea level. Mapping agencies such as Spain’s IGN measure it on the ground with leveling and survey-grade GPS. Maps read it from an elevation model, a grid with the ground height at every point, so the model can differ by a few meters from the official figure, especially on sharp summits.
Sources
- IGN · IGR Poblaciones (population centers) Official elevation and coordinates of the town center. CC BY 4.0 license.
- MDT05 Digital Terrain Model (IGN) Ground height at this exact point, to check the figure. 5 m grid, CC BY 4.0 license.
- Municipal register (INE), January 1, 2025 Population: our own work with data from the INE website (www.ine.es). Area: IGN (CC BY 4.0).
- Terrain Tiles (AWS Open Data) Hillshading on the map, from public data by USGS, NASA, Copernicus and others.
- OpenStreetMap and OpenFreeMap The base map, with OpenStreetMap data (ODbL).
Reviewed October 31, 2026 · Methodology and sources · Spotted a mistake? Let us know