Elevation of Santa Lucía de Tirajana, Spain
2,267ft
above sea level · 691 m
Santa Lucía de Tirajana is a city of 78,584 people in Las Palmas province, Canary Islands, the 3rd largest in the province. Of Spain’s 153 municipalities with more than 50,000 people, it’s the 18th highest.
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 27.91° N · 15.54° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 27° 54′ 43″ N · 15° 32′ 26″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 28R · 446,799 E · 3,087,579 N
- Zone 28 · REGCAN95, the official datum in the Canary Islands
- Municipality
- Santa Lucía de Tirajana
- INE code 35022
- Time zone
- Canary Islands time
- UTC+0 · UTC+1 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 78,584 people
- 24.1 sq mi municipality · 3,255 people/sq mi
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 2,266 ft (690.8 m)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 2,267 ft.
Population
Santa Lucía de Tirajana had 78,584 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 14% more than in 2015, when it had 69,069. The municipality covers 24.1 sq mi, a density of 3,255 people/sq mi, against a Spanish average of 251 people/sq mi.
It’s the 3rd most populous of the 34 municipalities in Las Palmas province, after Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (381,868), home to 6.7% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s cities over 50,000
Santa Lucía de Tirajana sits 2,267 ft (691 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 Santa Lucía de Tirajana is 1,348 ft above it.
The provincial capital, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, is 16 mi away in a straight line and 2,251 ft lower than Santa Lucía de Tirajana.
Of the 5 cities in Las Palmas province with an elevation page, Santa Lucía de Tirajana is the 2nd highest. The others are San Bartolomé de Tirajana (2,910 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 3.9 mi away in a straight line, 4,163 ft above Santa Lucía de Tirajana.
- 18 Santa Lucía de Tirajana 2,267 ft
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Santa Lucía de Tirajana.
What is the elevation of Santa Lucía de Tirajana, Spain?
Santa Lucía de Tirajana sits at 2,267 feet (691 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 Santa Lucía de Tirajana?
Latitude 27.91206 and longitude -15.54064 in decimal degrees (27° 54′ 43″ N · 15° 32′ 26″ W). In UTM, zone 28: 446,799 E and 3,087,579 N, in the REGCAN95 datum.
How does Santa Lucía de Tirajana rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 18th 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, Santa Lucía de Tirajana or Las Palmas de Gran Canaria?
Santa Lucía de Tirajana. Santa Lucía de Tirajana sits at 2,267 ft and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria at 16 ft: a difference of 2,251 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