Canary Islands

The Canary Islands are the southern and westernmost insular region of Spain, formed by the Atlantic-African archipelago which give them their name. It is located at a longitude of 13º 20' and 18º 10' W and a latitude of 27º 37' and 29º 25' N and the islands stretch over 500 km from E to W and almost 200 km from N to S. It is located around 100 km from the Moroccan coast and around 1,200 km from the Spanish mainland. It was divided into two provincial administrations in 1927, Las Palmas and Santa Cruz de Tenerife. In 1982 it became an autonomous community with both provinces sharing the capital during legislative periods in the cities of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

From E to W, the islands of Lanzarote, Fuerteventura and Gran Canaria make up the eastern province of Las Palmas, while in the same order Tenerife, La Gomera, La Palma and El Hierro make up the western province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. In addition to these seven main islands, the province of Las Palmas includes a series of islets which barely have a combined area of 50 km²: La Graciosa (27.45 km²), Alegranza (10.2 km²), Montaña Clara (1.33 km²), Roque del Este (0.06 km²) and Roque del Oeste (0.02 km²), north of the island of Lanzarote, and Lobos (4.38 km²), between this island and Fuerteventura. There are up to 600 rocks totalling almost one more kilometre squared, among which the most important are Salmor (El Hierro) or Anaga (Tenerife). The total area of the region is 7,446.62 km² and in 2004 there were 1,915,540 inhabitants.

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