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Flag of Gran Canaria. Gran Canaria (UK: / ˌ ɡ r æ n k ə ˈ n ɛər i ə,-ˈ n ɑːr-/, US: / ˌ ɡ r ɑː n k ə ˈ n ɑːr i ə,-ˈ n ɛər-/; [2] [3] Spanish: [ɡɾaŋ kaˈnaɾja] ⓘ), also Grand Canary Island, is the third-largest and second-most-populous island of the Canary Islands, [4] an archipelago off the Atlantic coast of Northwest Africa and is part of Spain.
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Map of Spain with the province of Las Palmas highlighted Gran Canaria, Municipalities (and zones). This is a list of the 34 municipalities in the province of Las Palmas in the autonomous community of the Canary Islands, Spain.
Gran Canaria: Canis lupus familiaris (Canary Mastiff) and Euphorbia canariensis (Canary Island spurge) Fuerteventura: Chlamydotis undulata fuertaventurae (Canarian houbara) and Euphorbia handiensis (Cardón de Jandía) Lanzarote: Munidopsis polymorpha (Blind albino cave crab) and Euphorbia balsamifera (Tabaiba dulce)
The names given by Romans to the individual islands were Ninguaria or Nivaria (Tenerife), Canaria (Gran Canaria), Pluvialia or Invale (Lanzarote), Ombrion (La Palma), Planasia (Fuerteventura), Iunonia or Junonia (El Hierro) and Capraria (La Gomera). [77] From the 14th century onward, numerous visits were made by sailors from Majorca, Portugal ...
By nationalities that visit the Canary Islands, the destinations preferred by the British are Tenerife and Lanzarote, capturing 46.7% and 25% of their arrivals respectively; the Germans are distributed in a balanced way between Fuerteventura (29.8%), Gran Canaria (28.9%) and Tenerife (26.1%); Nordic people mostly choose Gran Canaria (58.7%) and Spaniards Tenerife (46%).
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The ecoregion covers an area of 4,693 km 2.The islands are mountainous and volcanic in origin. Teide on Tenerife reaches 3,718 m, Roque de los Muchachos on La Palma 2,426 m, Morro de la Agujereada on Gran Canaria 1,956 m, Pico de Malpaso on El Hierro 1,501 m, and Garajonay on La Gomera 1,487 m.