Tinajo (municipality)

Tinajo is one of the seven churches of the Canary Island of Lanzarote.

Tinajo has long been one of the lands of Inaguaden, and gained its independence as a municipality in 1802. Besides the main town Tinajo includes the villages of Casas del Islote, El Cuchillo, Casas de Guiguan, Mancha Blanca, La Santa, La Vegueta Tinguaton and Tajaste to community.

The lively, elongated capital Tinajo is center of a major vegetable-growing region. Also, here is the famous wrestling arena Terrero. The parish church of San Roque from the late 18th century. The fact that it works with three aisles from the front, is located on the left attached baptistery with the stone font. In the adjacent room to the processional figures, such as riding on a donkey Santiago are kept. In the nave is the finely carved Mudejar ceiling, whose fields are blue and red caught. A striking feature of the partly gilded, white-framed altar wall is the crucifix of the famous Canarian sculptor Luján Pérez. Also worth mentioning is a portrait of his student Marie Fernando Estévez.

Places in the municipality

The population numbers in parentheses are from the year 2007.

• Tinajo ( 2,809 )
• Mancha Blanca ( 752 )
• La Santa ( 866)
• La Vegueta ( 709)
• El Cuchillo (452 )