CANARY ISLANDS
La Palma Capital City • Spain Local
Spain is part of the European Union
The Canary Islands, off the coast of northwest Africa, is in a region known as Macaronesia. At their closest point to the African mainland, they are 100 kilometres or 62 miles west of Morocco. They are the southernmost of the autonomous communities of Spain.
In 1927, the Province of Canary Islands was split into two provinces. In 1982, the autonomous community of the Canary Islands was established. The cities of Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria are, jointly, the capital of the islands.
Those cities are also, respectively, the capitals of the provinces of Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Las Palmas. The economy is based primarily on tourism, which makes up 32% of the GDP. The Canaries receive about 12 million tourists per year.
The eight main islands are (from largest to smallest in area) Tenerife, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, La Palma, La Gomera, El Hierro and La Graciosa.
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