Elevation of Teguise, Spain
297m
above sea level · 974 ft
Teguise is a city of 24,027 people in Las Palmas province, Canary Islands, the 12th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 74th highest. It’s in the island of Lanzarote.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 29.06° N · 13.56° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 29° 3′ 26″ N · 13° 33′ 41″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 28R · 640,057 E · 3,215,180 N
- Zone 28 · REGCAN95, the official datum in the Canary Islands
- Municipality
- Teguise
- INE code 35024
- Time zone
- Canary Islands time
- UTC+0 · UTC+1 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 24,027 people
- 263 km² municipality · 91 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 297 m (974 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 297 m.
Population
Teguise had 24,027 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 12% more than in 2015, when it had 21,454. The municipality covers 263 km², a density of 91 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 12th most populous of the 34 municipalities in Las Palmas province, after Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (381,868), home to 2.1% of its people.
It’s on the island of Lanzarote: 7 municipalities, 167,406 people and 847 km². Teguise is the 2nd most populous (the largest is Arrecife, with 70,811) and is home to 14% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Teguise sits 297 m (974 ft) above sea level. Of the 279 Spanish municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, the highest is Soria, at 1,056 m, and the lowest is Santa Pola, at 1 m. The average is 213 m, so Teguise is 84 m above it.
The provincial capital, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, is 210 km away in a straight line and 292 m lower than Teguise. Madrid is 1,550 km away.
The nearest city with more than 50,000 people is Arrecife, 11 km away in a straight line and 294 m lower.
Of the 15 cities in Las Palmas province with an elevation page, Teguise is the 4th highest. The highest is San Bartolomé de Tirajana (887 m) and the lowest, Arrecife (3 m).
2 other municipalities in the island of Lanzarote have a page: Tías (202 m) and Arrecife (3 m). Teguise is the highest of the 3.
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in Las Palmas province is Morro de La Agujerada, at 1,960 m (6,430 ft). It lies 231 km away in a straight line, 1,663 m above Teguise.
- 74 Teguise 297 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Teguise.
What is the elevation of Teguise, Spain?
Teguise sits at 297 meters (974 feet) 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 Teguise?
Latitude 29.05723 and longitude -13.56133 in decimal degrees (29° 3′ 26″ N · 13° 33′ 41″ W). In UTM, zone 28: 640,057 E and 3,215,180 N, in the REGCAN95 datum.
How does Teguise rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 74th highest of the 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people. The highest is Soria (1,056 m) and the lowest, Santa Pola (1 m).
Which is higher, Teguise or Las Palmas de Gran Canaria?
Teguise. Teguise sits at 297 m and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria at 5 m: a difference of 292 m, 210 km apart in a straight line.
Which island is Teguise on?
Lanzarote, in Las Palmas province. The island has 7 municipalities and 167,406 people.
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).
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