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9-431: Vecindario is located in the coastal area of the municipality of Santa Lucia de Tirajana being the 3rd in population of the island and the 5th of the archipelago. Its population centres are El Doctoral, San Pedro Mártir, La Paredilla, La Cerruda, Hoya Pavón, San Rafael, El Canario, Casa Pastores, Cruce de Sardina, Sardina, La Vereda, Los Llanos and Balos. Vecindario has an estimated population of almost 80 235 inhabitants. It

18-416: Is located about 35 km from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, the capital of the island, 15 km from the airport of Gran Canaria and another 15 km from Maspalomas , the main tourist area of the island. Vecindario is the nerve centre of the south-eastern conurbation of Gran Canaria, consisting mainly of the coastal neighbourhoods of the municipalities of Santa Lucía de Tirajana, Agüimes and Ingenio, which are all on

27-781: Is the largest urban open-air shopping centre on the island of Gran Canaria, together with the C.C. Atlántico and others of lesser importance such as C.C. Mercacentro, C.C. La Ciel and C.C. Avenida. Vecindario was born as a result of the Agüimes mutiny, a consequence of the lawsuit between the residents of Agüimes and the Count of the Vega Grande over the ownership of the lands of the Llanos that they had plundered clandestinely. The Count claimed his property, alleging that he had bought it from its rightful owner. The neighbors of Agüimes, which belonged at that time to

36-516: The Province of Las Palmas , in the Canary Islands . 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 km (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

45-485: The Bishopric, were defended by Dr. Mendoza, a canon expert in law. It is precisely in this lawsuit that the name Vecindario ("the neighborhood's land") is used for the first time, in reference to the neighbors of Agüimes. Dr. Mendoza demonstrated the falsity of the sale to the Count of the lands, which were of real ownership and had been granted to the neighbors in property by the payment of the pertinent taxes. Still in 1735,

54-434: The island of Gran Canaria. Other towns in this conurbation, which has around 120,000 inhabitants, are Cruce de Arinaga , Playa de Arinaga ( Agüimes ) and Carrizal (Ingenio). Agriculture was the main economic activity of Vecindario until the last quarter of the twentieth century for the production of tomatoes and other vegetables for export, when the service sector (especially trade) became predominant. At present, Vecindario

63-465: The name of the Holy House. In 1815 the coastal area (today's Vecindario and Sardina, until then part of Agüimes) and inland lands belonging to San Bartolomé de Tirajana were united to create the new municipality of Santa Lucía de Tirajana. Santa Luc%C3%ADa de Tirajana Santa Lucía de Tirajana is a town and a Spanish municipality in the south-eastern part of the island of Gran Canaria , in

72-429: The neighbors had not paid Doctoral Mendoza for his defense in the lawsuit, so they proceeded to segregate a part of the lands of Vecindario as payment: it is in this area, later known as El Doctoral, where the house of La Pinta was built. Mendoza stipulated that a part of what was produced on a plot of land segregated for this purpose would be destined to the aid of the Holy House of Jerusalem, taking this place from then on

81-482: The south-eastern part of the municipality. 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

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