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Las Palmas is served by Gran Canaria Airport, also called Las Palmas Airport (IATA: LPA, ICAO: GCLP). The airport is located in the eastern part of the island, about 18 km (11 mi) from Las Palmas city centre. In 2008, it handled 10,212,106 passengers and 33,695,248 kg (74,285,306 lb) of cargo, and is the fourth busiest in Spain. [70]
Its capital is the city of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, on the island of Gran Canaria, which is also one of the capitals of the autonomous community (next to Santa Cruz de Tenerife). About 33.2% of the provincial population of 1,145,843 (2023) live in the capital. The name "Las Palmas" is generally used to refer to both the city and the province.
On November 30, 1833 the province of the Canary Islands was created, which the Cadiz Constitution of 1812 established with its capital in Santa Cruz de Tenerife.However, there arose a rivalry with the island of Gran Canaria, [3] due to the fact that the capital was established on the island of Tenerife, although so far, the city exercised for three centuries as de facto capital of the Canary ...
The capital city of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria was founded on 24 June 1478, under the name "Real de Las Palmas", by Juan Rejón, head of the invading Castilian army. In 1492, Christopher Columbus anchored in the Port of Las Palmas (and spent some time on the island) on his first trip to the Americas.
Toggle Province of Las Palmas subsection. 2.1 Fuerteventura. 2.2 Gran Canaria. 2.3 Lanzarote. 3 See also. Toggle the table of contents. List of municipalities in the ...
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. There are 21 municipalities on the island of Gran Canaria, 6 on the island of Fuerteventura and 7 on the island of ...
1595 - Battle of Las Palmas. [4] 1599 - Las Palmas attacked by Dutch forces. [4] 1625 - Castillo de San Francisco (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria) (fort) built. [citation needed] 1689 - Iglesia de San Francisco de Asís (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria) (church) built. [5] 1833 - Las Palmas no longer the capital of the Canary Islands. [3] 1842
Port of Las Palmas (also called La Luz Port) (Spanish: Puerto de Las Palmas or Puerto de La Luz) is port for fishing, commercial, passenger and sports boats in the city of Las Palmas in the north-east of Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain. For five centuries, the Port of Las Palmas has been the traditional base for scale and supplying ships on ...