La Aldea de San Nicolás

La Aldea de San Nicolás is located (previously to 2005, San Nicolás de Tolentino ) to the west of the Canary Island of Gran Canaria. The municipality has 8228 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013). Tourism and the associated infrastructure are here not as pronounced as for example, on the south coast. The area around San Nicolás is therefore more influenced by agriculture. The place lives on the merits of its extensive tomato plantations. Be supplied with water the plantations of numerous reservoirs in the mountains, which store the water from the rains in winter. In addition to the tomatoes, there are all sorts of other agricultural products in San Nicolás. Potatoes, vegetables and all kinds of fruits are grown.

Traffic

Around La Aldea we find the last unrealized portion of the island orbiting expressway. Both the northerly location Agaete and the southern places Mogan and Puerto de Mogan are ( according to the state Summer 2013 ) only available via relatively small and narrow mountain roads in. At the construction stage of La Aldea to Agaete is already underway. Closing the gap will require several years of work. This somewhat limited traffic conditions make La Aldea de San Nicolas one of the quietest coastal locations throughout the island.

Population

Attractions

  • Colored rock layers Los Azulejos, a few kilometers south direction Mogan, green color caused by iron - sodium silicate. Here on the west coast is dominated by relatively old rocks (about 14 million years).
  • Cactus garden Cactualdea, one of the largest in Europe
  • Nature reserve Güi - Güi (also: Guguy, for: cliff ) with two beaches, which were very popular to the hippy era (about 500 hippies lived here). Sand, however, is there to see at low tide - and if there were no storms in the previous months. The beaches are accessible from Tasartico only after a three-hour mountain hike and have no infrastructure.

Tomato cultivation

The use of green houses in the cultivation of tomatoes has the following advantages over the open-air extension:

  • Prevention of soil erosion by wind and water
  • Improve the surface quality of the fruit (less wind ⇒ sheets do not rub on the fruits )
  • Reduction of storm damage
  • Insect pests are kept away

The following are disadvantages:

  • Cost of construction and maintenance of greenhouses
  • For pollination, bumble bees must be bred and exposed

The sorted and packaged locally tomatoes are driven by refrigerated trucks to Las Palmas and there transferred to the ship transport to Europe.

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