Canary Islands

Canary Islands Canarias  (Spanish)
Autonomous community
Flag Coat of arms
Anthem: Himno de Canarias "Anthem of the Canaries"
Location of the Canary Islands relative to the Spanish mainland
Coordinates: 28°N 16°W / 28°N 16°W / 28; -16
Country	Spain
Largest city	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Capital	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Santa Cruz de Tenerife[1]
Provinces	Las Palmas, and Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Government
• President	Ángel Víctor Torres (PSC–PSOE)
Area
• Total	7,493 km2 (2,893 sq mi)
• Rank	1.88% of Spain; ranked 13th
Population  (2019)[2]
• Total	2,153,389
• Rank	8th
• Density	290/km2 (740/sq mi)
• Percentage	4.58% of Spain
Demonyms	Canarian canario/-a (Spanish)
Time zone	UTC (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (WEST)
ISO 3166 code	IC ES-CN
Most populated island	Tenerife[2]
Official language	Spanish
Statute of Autonomy	7 November 2018
Parliament	Canarian Parliament
Congress seats	15 (of 350)
Senate seats	14 (of 265)
HDI (2018)	0.861[3] very high · 15th
Website	www.gobcan.es

The Canary Islands are an autonomous community of Spain located off the coast of Africa. Consisting of seven main islands and over 50 smaller islands and islets, this region has a volcanic origin which can be appreciated in every one of them, specially in

The seven islands are: La Palma, La Gomera, El Hierro, Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, and Fuerteventura. People from La Gomera have a whistle language that children there learn at school. Tenerife has the highest mountain in the Canary Islands and Spain too, the Teide. The Teide is actually a volcano, but it has not been active in more than 300 years.

The islands are popular with tourists because of their warm climate and nice beaches. The local farmers grow lots of exotic fruits including papayas and bananas.

As of the 2020s, Canarians are being (pushed out or) driven out of their homes by the tourism industry.^[4]

1. ↑ "Ley Orgánica 1/2018, de 5 de noviembre, de reforma del Estatuto de Autonomía de Canarias". BOE (in Spanish). 6 November 2018. Archived from the original on 23 September 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "Real Decreto 743/2019, de 20 de diciembre, por el que se declaran oficiales las cifras de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal referidas al 1 de enero de 2019". BOE (in Spanish). 27 December 2019. Archived from the original on 20 February 2020. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
3. ↑ "Sub-national HDI – Area Database – Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Archived from the original on 23 September 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
4. ↑ https://yle.fi/a/74-20126993. Retrieved 2024-12-17