Canary Islands
| Canary Islands Islas Canarias (Spainyie) |
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| — Autonomous commonty — | |||||
| Munt Teide on Tenerife, the heichest muntain in Spain, 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 | |||||
| Coordinates: 28°06′N 15°24′W / 28.1°N 15.4°W | |||||
| Kintra | Spain | ||||
| Caipital | Santa Cruz an Las Palmas[5] | ||||
| Govrenment | |||||
| - Preses | Paulino Rivero (CC) | ||||
| Aurie(1.5% of Spain; Rankit 13t) | |||||
| - Tot | 7,493 km2 (2,893.1 sq mi) | ||||
| Indwallers (2011)[6] | |||||
| - Tot | 2,117,519 | ||||
| - Densitie | 282.6/km2 (731.9/sq mi) | ||||
| - Pop. rank | 8t | ||||
| - Ethnic groups | 85.7% Spainyie, (Canarian an Peninsulares), 14.3% foreign naitionals, mainly Germans, Breetish |
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| Anthem | Hymn of the Canaries | ||||
| Offeecial leid(s) | Spainyie | ||||
| Statute o Autonomy | 16 August 1982 | ||||
| Parliament | Cortes Generales | ||||
| Congress seats | 15 (o 350) | ||||
| Senate seats | 13 (o 264) | ||||
| Wabsteid | Gobierno de Canarias | ||||
The Canary Islands (Inglis /kəˈnɛəri ˈaɪləndz/; Spainyie: Islas Canarias [ˈizlas kaˈnaɾjas, ˈihlah kaˈnaɾjas]), kent as the Canaries (Spainyie: Canarias) an aw, is a Spainyie 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 Spainyie 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.
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- ↑ Canaria de Avisos S.A. (2010-07-30). El Teide, el parque más visitado de Europa y el segundo del mundo. Diariodeavisos.com. Retrieved on 20 September 2010. .
- ↑ El parque nacional del Teide es el primero más visitado de Europa y el segundo del mundo. Sanborondon.info. Retrieved on 20 September 2010. .
- ↑ El Teide (Tenerife) es el parque nacional más visitado de Canarias con 2,8 millones de visitantes en 2008. Europapress.es (2009-08-31). Retrieved on 26 Apryle 2010. .
- ↑ Official Website of Tenerife Tourism Corporation. Webtenerife.com. Retrieved on 26 Apryle 2010. .
- ↑ Estatuto de Autonomía de Canarias en la Página Web Oficial del Gobierno de Canarias. .gobiernodecanarias.org. Retrieved on 20 September 2010. .
- ↑ Official Population Figures of Spain. Population on the 1 January 2009. Instituto Nacional de Estadística de España. Retrieved on 3 Juin 2009. .
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