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Las Palmas de Gran Canaria : Caja Insular de Ahorros de Canarias. Barrera Artiles, José (1995). Las Canteras (1900–2000) (in Spanish). Las Palmas de Gran Canaria : Ayuntamiento de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Concejalía de Playas. ISBN 84-88979-13-4. González Jiménez, José F. (1998). Peces de Canarias : guía submarina (in Spanish). La ...
Puerto Rico, February 2018. Puerto Rico de Gran Canaria is a holiday resort situated on the south-west coast of the Spanish island of Gran Canaria.Temperatures in the winter remain around 20-25 °C while there is an average of less than three days per month of precipitation.
Flag of Gran Canaria. Gran Canaria (UK: / ˌ ɡ r æ n k ə ˈ n ɛər i ə,-ˈ n ɑːr-/, US: / ˌ ɡ r ɑː n k ə ˈ n ɑːr i ə,-ˈ n ɛər-/; [2] [3] Spanish: [ɡɾaŋ kaˈnaɾja] ⓘ), also Grand Canary Island, is the third-largest and second-most-populous island of the Canary Islands, [4] an archipelago off the Atlantic coast of Northwest Africa and is part of Spain.
The cities of Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria are, jointly, the capitals of the islands. [15] [16] [17] Those cities are also, respectively, the capitals of the provinces of Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Las Palmas. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria has been the largest city in the Canaries since 1768, except for a brief period in ...
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.
The GC-1 motorway connects it with the airport and the province capital Las Palmas. San Agustín, still a modest resort community, was one of the first resort developments of what would later be known as Maspalomas among the fast growing resorts on the southern part of Gran Canaria from Maspalomas to Puerto de Mogan.
In the municipality of Betancuria (more specifically in the village of Vega de Rio Palmas) held every year the festivities in honor of the Virgen de la Peña, patron saint of the island of Fuerteventura, the most representative is the pilgrimage in which are involved people from all corners of the island. The holiday is celebrated on the third ...