Canary Islands

Canary Islands Islas Canarias
Autonomous commonty
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Location o Canary Islands
Coordinates: 28.100°N 15.400°W / 28.100; -15.400
Kintra	Spainie
Caipital	Santa Cruz an Las Palmas
Govrenment
• Preses	Paulino Rivero (CC)
Area (1.5% of Spain; Rankit 13t)
• Total	7493 km2 (2,893 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	2,117,519
• Density	280/km2 (730/sq mi)
• Pop. rank	8t
• Ethnic groups	85.7% Spaingie (Canarian an Peninsulares) 14.3% foreign naitionals mainly Germans Breetish
Demonym
Anthem	Hymn of the Canaries
Offeecial leid(s)	Spaingie
Statute o Autonomy	16 August 1982
Parliament	Cortes Generales
Congress seats	15 (o 350)
Senate seats	13 (o 264)
Website	Gobierno de Canarias

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.

Neebours

• Madeira
• Sahara

See an aw

• Leet o islands
• Pedro de Betancur
• José de Anchieta
• Amaro Pargo

Freemit airtins

• Canary Islands Govrenment
• Offeecial Tourism Wabsteid o the Canary Islands Archived 2015-05-06 at the Wayback Machine