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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.
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]
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.
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Isleños travel to the Canary Islands every year to remember their roots and keep in touch with the land of their ancestors. In 1980, the Saint Bernard Isleño community built the Isleños Museum to preserve the local Canarian culture. It was badly damaged by Hurricane Katrina and demolished, but has since been completely restored and reopened ...
Canary Islanders, or Canarians (Spanish: canarios), are the people of the Canary Islands, an autonomous community of Spain near the coast of Northwest Africa. The distinctive variety of the Spanish language spoken in the region is known as habla canaria (Canary speech) or the ( dialecto ) canario ( Canarian dialect ).
Operation Pilgrim was a planned British operation to invade and occupy the Canary Islands during World War II. [2] The invasion was a contingency plan to be executed in the event of a known plan whereby Germany would support Spain in occupying Gibraltar, the Azores, the Canary Islands as well as the Cape Verde Islands (the German plan was known as Operation Felix).