Valleseco

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Valleseco
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Municipal location in Gran Canaria
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Coordinates: 28°3′0″N 15°34′30″W / 28.05000°N 15.57500°W / 28.05000; -15.57500
Country	Spain
Autonomous Region	Canary Islands
Province	Las Palmas
Island	Gran Canaria
Area [1]
• Total	22.11 km2 (8.54 sq mi)
Population  (2018)[2]
• Total	3,784
• Density	170/km2 (440/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)

Valleseco is a town and a municipality of Las Palmas province, on the Canary Islands. It is in the northcentral part of Gran Canaria. Valleseco means "dry valley" in Spanish, but is actually one of the wettest municipalities of the island. Its population is 3,904 (2013),^[3] and the area is 22.11 km².^[1] The elevation is 1,000 m.

The town Valleseco is situated 3 km southwest of Teror and 17 km southwest of the city of Las Palmas. Its landscape is characterized by deep valleys and ravines and a great vegetal richness that has resulted in more than 80% of the territory being protected by Nature Reserves.

Valleseco, at 1000 m. above sea level, often seems to be enveloped in a "sea of clouds". This helps to make the landscape very lush. Here, the trade winds deposit its precipitations, which, according to a local saying, "seem not to wet but soak", a type of wealth in the form of rain so appreciated by the country person, who thus sees his effort rewarded with productive crops of potatoes, corn and fruits.