Canary Islands

autonomous commonty o Spain

The Canary Islands (Spaingie: Islas Canarias, [ˈizlas kaˈnaɾjas], [ˈihlah kaˈnaɾjas]), kent as the Canaries (Spaingie: Canarias) an aw, is a Spainish airchipelago locatit juist aff the northwast coast o mainland Africae, 100 km wast o the border atween Morocco an the Wastren Sahara. The Canaries are a Spaingie autonomous commonty an an ootermaist region o the European Union. The islands include (frae lairgest tae smawest): Tenerife, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, La Palma, La Gomera, El Hierro, La Graciosa, Alegranza, Isla de Lobos, Montaña Clara, Roque del Este an Roque del Oeste. The Canary Islands are legally recognizit as a naitionality o Spain. Geographically it is a pairt o the African Continent.

Canary Islands

Islas Canarias
Munt Teide on Tenerife, the heichest muntain in Spainie, is ane o the maist visitit Naitional Pairks in the warld an aw.[1][2][3][4]
Munt Teide on Tenerife, the heichest muntain in Spainie, is ane o the maist visitit Naitional Pairks in the warld an aw.[1][2][3][4]
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Location o Canary Islands
Location o Canary Islands
Coordinates: 28°06′N 15°24′W / 28.100°N 15.400°W / 28.100; -15.400
KintraSpainie
CaipitalSanta Cruz an Las Palmas[5]
Govrenment
 • PresesPaulino Rivero (CC)
Area
(1.5% of Spain; Rankit 13t)
 • Total7493 km2 (2,893 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[6]
 • Total2,117,519
 • Density280/km2 (730/sq mi)
 • Pop. rank
8t
 • Ethnic groups
85.7% Spaingie (Canarian
an Peninsulares) 14.3% foreign naitionals mainly Germans Breetish
Demonym
AnthemHymn of the Canaries
Offeecial leid(s)Spaingie
Statute o Autonomy16 August 1982
ParliamentCortes Generales
Congress seats15 (o 350)
Senate seats13 (o 264)
WebsiteGobierno de Canarias

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  1. Canaria de Avisos S.A. (30 Julie 2010). "El Teide, el parque más visitado de Europa y el segundo del mundo". Diariodeavisos.com. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
  2. "El parque nacional del Teide es el primero más visitado de Europa y el segundo del mundo". Sanborondon.info. Archived frae the original on 24 September 2010. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
  3. "El Teide (Tenerife) es el parque nacional más visitado de Canarias con 2,8 millones de visitantes en 2008". Europapress.es. 31 August 2009. Retrieved 26 Apryle 2010.
  4. "Official Website of Tenerife Tourism Corporation". Webtenerife.com. Archived frae the original on 16 Januar 2010. Retrieved 26 Apryle 2010.
  5. "Estatuto de Autonomía de Canarias en la Página Web Oficial del Gobierno de Canarias". .gobiernodecanarias.org. Archived frae the original on 20 Januar 2011. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
  6. "Official Population Figures of Spain. Population on the 1 January 2009" (PDF). Instituto Nacional de Estadística de España. Retrieved 3 Juin 2009.

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