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  2. Government of the Canary Islands - Wikipedia

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    The Government of the Canary Islands has its main headquarters in Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. [ 2 ] The current autonomous regime of the Canary Islands arises as a result of the representative democratic system established in Spain with the entry into force of the Spanish Constitution of 1978 on December 28.

  3. Canary Islands - Wikipedia

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    At present, the Canary Islands is the only autonomous community in Spain that has two capitals: Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, since the Statute of Autonomy of the Canary Islands was created in 1982. [16] [17] The political capital of the archipelago did not exist as such until the nineteenth century.

  4. Canary Islands Independence Movement - Wikipedia

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    The Movement for the Self-Determination and Independence of the Canary Islands (Spanish: Movimiento por la Autodeterminación e Independencia del Archipiélago Canario, MPAIAC), was a Canarian nationalist and socialist organization, founded in 1964 by Antonio Cubillo, whose objective was the secession of the Canary Islands from Spain.

  5. Parliament of the Canary Islands - Wikipedia

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    The Parliament of the Canary Islands is the regional legislature of the Canary Islands, an autonomous community of Spain. The Parliament has seventy members and members serve on four-year terms. The parliament is based in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, one of the Canaries' two capitals. Edifice of the Parliament of the Canary Islands

  6. Autonomous communities of Spain - Wikipedia

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    The Canary Islands have a special financial regime in virtue of its location as an overseas territories, while the Basque Country and Navarre have a distinct financial regime called "chartered regime" The Balearic Islands, the Basque Country, Catalonia, Galicia, Navarre, and the Valencian Community have a co-official language and therefore a ...

  7. Conquest of the Canary Islands - Wikipedia

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    Historian Daniele Conversi locates the conquest of the Canary Islands within the history of colonial and imperial genocides. [37] Genocide scholar Mark Levene has stated that while there was not the intent by the Castilian crown to commit genocide, the result of their conquest was the same as if they had intended to commit genocide. [38]

  8. Jerónimo Saavedra - Wikipedia

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    In August 1982, the Cortes Generales approved the new Statute of Autonomy of the Canary Islands and Saavadera was elected interim president of the first autonomous government. [ 5 ] In the first regional elections held on 8 May 1983, he was elected member of the Parliament of the Canary Islands for the constituency of Gran Canaria.

  9. Category:History of the Canary Islands - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "History of the Canary Islands" The following 47 pages are in this category, out of 47 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...