Santa Brígida is a municipality in the northeastern part 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, a Spain, Spanish archipelago off the Atlantic coast of Northwest Africa. the island had a population of that constitut ...

in the

Province of Las Palmas The Province of Las Palmas (, ; ) is a province (Spain), province of Spain, consisting of the eastern part of the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of the Canary Islands. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, capital city of this p ...

of the

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. Its population is 18,791 (2013),Instituto Canario de Estadística
, population and the area is 23.81 km². It borders

Las Palmas Las Palmas (, ; ), officially Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, is a Spanish city and capital of Gran Canaria, in the Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital city of the Canary Islands (jointly with Santa Cruz de Tenerife) and the m ...

to the west and is part of its urban area.

Historical population

Sites of interest

* Bandama Caldera (''The Caldera de Bandama Natural Monument''), part of the ''Tafira Protected Landscape''. This volcanic

caldera A caldera ( ) is a large cauldron-like hollow that forms shortly after the emptying of a magma chamber in a volcanic eruption. An eruption that ejects large volumes of magma over a short period of time can cause significant detriment to the str ...

reaches above sea level at the highest point on its rim, Pico de Bandama, and is about wide and deep. The steep walk to the bottom of the caldera takes about half an hour. Volcanic ash of different hues is in great abundance, and there are some interesting botanic species of Canary Islands origin. * Archaeological sites in Santa Brígida. In the valley of La Angostura and Las Meleguinas one can find numerous traces of Aboriginal Canarians that have prompted the declaration of the area as a Cultural, as groups of caves carved into rock, silos or sidewalks. In the archaeological site of El Tope, discovered on 16 July 1988, where you can see remnants that suggest the existence of an aboriginal burial mound, as well as ceramics, pottery and curious pintaderas.com_easyfaq/Itemid,49/ "''Historia de Santa Brígida''"
, Ayuntamiento de Santa Brígida"''Lugares de interés histórico cultural de Santa Brígida''"
Cabildo de Gran Canaria It has been discovered Libyan-Berber inscriptions and some vessels (which are now in the

Museo Canario El Museo Canario (English: the Canarian Museum) is an archeological museum in Las Palmas, the capital city of Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands. It is dedicated to the pre-colonial history of the Canary Islands. History The museum was founded ...

). Also in the same area in the wall of the volcano is the Cueva de Los Frailes, a set of 37 caves discovered in 1933.

Panorama

Santa Brígida

Santa Brígida

Santa Brígida

Gallery

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References

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Historical population

Sites of interest

Panorama

Gallery

See also

References