Agüimes, Las Palmas

Agüimes is a community on the Canary island of Gran Canaria. It has 30 214 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013) on an area of ​​79.28 km ². Basically, you have to distinguish between the municipality and the place Agüimes Agüimes. This article refers to the municipality.

Geography

Agüimes is located south of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and northeast of Puerto Rico. Neighboring municipalities are Ingenio in the north, Santa Lucía de Tirajana in the south, San Bartolomé de Tirajana in the west and Valsequillo de Gran Canaria in the West.

Buildings and monuments

The center of the village Agüimes was classified as Conjunto histórico - artístico.

  • Salt pans of Arinaga: Built around 1820 plant of salt water Salt Works
  • Barranco de Balos: archaeological zone
  • Morros de Ávila: artificial hill and cave systems from pre-Hispanic times
  • Of Guayadeque: original prehispanic cave settlement until today partly occupied
  • Barranco de Balos: Fundzone pre-Hispanic petroglyphs
  • Faro from Orinaja / Aguimes
  • Parish Church of San Sebastián: classicist building from 1796
  • Casa de la Cámara Episcopal
  • Barrio de Temisas
  • Cuevas y Graneros de la Audiencia
  • Cuevas y Hornos del Centro de la Atalaya Alfarero

Population

Economy

  • Poligono Agüimes collection of several hundred companies
  • Zona ZEC Major Free Trade Zone

Swell

  • ISTAC ( Statistical Department of the Regional Government of the Canary Islands)
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