Galipán is a rural farming village, near Caracas, which was established between 1778-1780, on the north side of El Ávila National Park, south of Macuto, from the crest of the mountain to Punta Mulatos. Presumably Galipán was founded by immigrant families from the Canary Islands, who gradually occupied the land to the highest areas of El Ávila. According to Denis Lourdes Santana, history tells us that some of their land was possession of a French couturier, Jean-Baptiste Jacques, who possibly arrived with the Spaniards and settled in the Ávila, during his expeditions to Caracas. In 1875 he sold the land to Canarian immigrants, who were devoted to growing flowers, fruit and vegetables. Its boom allowed them to sale them in the Mercado Mayor de Caracas, the Mercado de San Jacinto, the Mercado de Flores in San José and the markets of La Guaira. The native village is an area of urban special regime, with an area of 1,700 hectares, consisting of five sectors: San Isidro, in honor of the patron of peasants; San Francisco, protector avileña fauna; San Antonio, the patron of those who have no family; San José in honor to strive in their daily work; and Manzanares, eponym of the Guanche indigenous group from the Canary Islands. Today, the rural village with breathtaking scenery of the sea and a particular charm for its climate and geography, consists of 350 families that occupy land under a regime that has been passed between family members for generations. It feeds on tourism and maintains a fundamental economic and cultural relations with Caracas.