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La Aldea de San Nicolás is the westernmost municipality of the island of Official Gazette of the Canary Islands
Announcement of the name change (In Spanish) La Aldea de San Nicolás de Tolentino, and the locals simply call it ''La Aldea''. Its population is 8,228 (2013),Instituto Canario de Estadística
, population and the area is 123.58 km2. Its elevation is about 33m. La Aldea de San Nicolás is located about 38 km southwest of the island capital
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{{DEFAULTSORT:La Aldea de San Nicolas Municipalities in Gran Canaria
La Aldea de San Nicolás is the westernmost municipality of the island of Gran Canaria
Gran Canaria (, ; ), also Grand Canary Island, is the third-largest and second-most-populous island of the Canary Islands, an archipelago off the Atlantic coast of Northwest Africa which is part of Spain. the island had a population of that ...
in the Las Palmas
Las Palmas (, ; ), officially Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, is a Spanish city and capital of Gran Canaria, in the Canary Islands, on the Atlantic Ocean.
It is the capital (jointly with Santa Cruz de Tenerife), the most populous city in the auto ...
province of the Canary Islands. Its full name was, until 2005,Announcement of the name change (In Spanish) La Aldea de San Nicolás de Tolentino, and the locals simply call it ''La Aldea''. Its population is 8,228 (2013),Instituto Canario de Estadística
, population and the area is 123.58 km2. Its elevation is about 33m. La Aldea de San Nicolás is located about 38 km southwest of the island capital
Las Palmas
Las Palmas (, ; ), officially Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, is a Spanish city and capital of Gran Canaria, in the Canary Islands, on the Atlantic Ocean.
It is the capital (jointly with Santa Cruz de Tenerife), the most populous city in the auto ...
. It is situated among forested mountain valleys overlooking the Atlantic, and most families work on the tomato-farms, as well as growing potatoes and other vegetables and fruits, irrigated by reservoirs that collect winter rain. Tourism is also a significant industry, though not as much as in the South of the island.
San Nicolás is the birthplace of Román Rodríguez Rodríguez, President of the Canary Islands from 1999 to 2003.
Historical population
See also
*List of municipalities in Las Palmas
This is a list of the 34 municipalities in the province of Las Palmas in the autonomous community of the Canary Islands, Spain. There are 21 municipalities on the island of Gran Canaria, 6 on the island of Fuerteventura and 7 on the island of Lan ...
* Nicholas of Tolentino, a Christian saint
References
External links
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