Santa Lucía de Tirajana, Gran Canaria, Province of Las Palmas, Spain
🇮🇨 🇪🇸 Santa Lucía de Tirajana is a town and a Spanish municipality in the south-eastern part of the island of Gran Canaria, in the Province of Las Palmas, in the Canary Islands.
Geography The town of Santa Lucía de Tirajana is situated in the mountains, 27 km (17 mi) south-west of Las Palmas. Its population is 68,506 (2013), and the area is 61.56 km² (23.77 sq mi).
The municipality includes the larger towns Cruce de Sardina, El Doctoral and Vecindario, located near the coast.
The GC-1 passes through the south-eastern part of the municipality.
Heritage sites The archaeological site La Fortaleza is listed as a Property of cultural interest.
There are nine water mills dating from the 19th century, built on the Riego de la Zarcilla river. Most of them kept working up to the 1970s. Since then, many fell into disrepair. Ownership may be public or private. On the municipality, the two mills of El Valle (olive oil for one and gofio for the other) were declared properties of cultural interest in 2003. D. Benjamín González Araña, who owns the olive oil mill, had its restoration completed in 2004. The council of Gran Canaria had the gofio mill repaired in 2003.
Atlantic/Canary/Las_Palmas
Santa Lucía de Tirajana has a population of over 67,290 people. Santa Lucía de Tirajana also forms one of the centres of the wider Gran Canaria island which has a population of over 870,595 people.
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Twin Towns - Sister Cities Santa Lucía de Tirajana has links with:
🇪🇭 La Güera, Western Sahara🇮🇨 San Bartolomé de Tirajana 27.926
🇺🇸 Corpus Christi 27.796
Locations Near: Santa Lucía de Tirajana -15.5333,27.9167
🇮🇨 San Bartolomé de Tirajana -15.573,27.926 d: 4
🇮🇨 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria -15.44,28.13 d: 25.5
🇮🇨 Las Palmas -15.44,28.13 d: 25.5
🇮🇨 Santa Cruz de Tenerife -16.25,28.467 d: 93.1
🇮🇨 San Cristóbal de La Laguna -16.314,28.478 d: 98.7
🇮🇨 Arona -16.667,28.1 d: 113.1
🇮🇨 Puerto del Rosario -13.867,28.5 d: 175.7
Antipodal to: Santa Lucía de Tirajana 164.467,-27.917
🇳🇨 Nouméa 166.45,-22.267 d: 19355.9
🇳🇨 Koné 164.852,-21.059 d: 19251.6
🇻🇺 Port Vila 168.315,-17.737 d: 18816.6
🇦🇺 Gold Coast 153.416,-28.002 d: 18930.1
🇦🇺 Southport 153.405,-27.974 d: 18928.9
🇦🇺 Lismore 153.29,-28.815 d: 18917.4
🇦🇺 Redland City 153.25,-27.583 d: 18911.1
🇦🇺 Logan 153.109,-27.639 d: 18897.7