Agüimes

Agüimes municipality
	Panorama of Agüimes
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Canary Islands
Province :	Las Palmas
Island:	Gran Canaria
Coordinates	27 ° 53 ′ N , 15 ° 26 ′ W Coordinates: 27 ° 53 ′ N , 15 ° 26 ′ W
Height :	275 msnm
Area :	79.28 km²
Residents :	31,619 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	398.83 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	E-35260 (Agüimes) ; E-35270 (Temisas) ; E-35118 (Arinaga) ; E-35119 (Los Espinales)
Municipality number ( INE ):	35002
administration
Mayor :	Antonio Morales Méndez (RA) (as of 2005)
Address of the municipal administration:	C / Dr. Joaquin Artiles, 1 ; 35260 Agüimes
Website :	www.aguimes.es
Location of the municipality

Agüimes is a municipality on the Canary Island of Gran Canaria . It has 31,619 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) on an area of 79.28 km². A distinction must be made between the municipality of Agüimes and the town of Agüimes . This article refers to the municipality.

geography

Agüimes is located south of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and northeast of Puerto Rico . Neighboring communities 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 sights

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

Salinas de Arinaga 1820 built complex of sea water: saline
Morros de Ávila : man-made hills and caves from pre-Hispanic times
Barranco de Guayadeque : originally a pre-Hispanic cave settlement, partially inhabited to this day
Barranco de Balos : Area of discovery of 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 Alfarero de la Atalaya
Emicela solar power plant , since 2011

Residents

A tower of the classical church of San Sebastián from 1796

year	Residents	Population density
1991	16,156	-
1996	16,284	-
2001	20,124	254.7 inhabitants / km²
2002	22,567	-
2003	23,572	297.3 inhabitants / km²
2004	24,460	309.0 inhabitants / km²
2005	25,541	322.2 inhabitants / km²