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Canary Islands
Islas Canarias (Spainyie)
—  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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Canary Islands CoA.svg
Coat o airms
Location o Canary Islands
Coordinates: 28°06′N 15°24′W / 28.1°N 15.4°W / 28.1; -15.4
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
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
Canary Islands is located in Atlantic Ocean
Canary Islands
Location o the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean

The Canary Islands (Inglis /kəˈnɛəri ˈləndz/; 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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