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The Canary Islands (/ k ə ˈ n ɛər i /, Spanish: Canarias, Spanish: [kaˈnaɾjas]), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish region, autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean. At their closest point to the African mainland, they are 100 kilometres (62 miles) west of Morocco.
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.
Tenerife is the largest island of the Canary Islands archipelago, with a surface area of 2,034.38 km 2 (785 sq mi) [76] and has the longest coastline, amounting to 342 km (213 mi). [ 77 ] In addition, the highest point, Mount Teide, with an elevation of 3,715 m (12,188 ft) above sea level is the highest point in all of Spain, [ 78 ] is also the ...
The president of the Canary Islands is the head of government of the Canary Islands, one of the 17 autonomous communities of Spain, while the monarch Felipe VI remains the head of state as king of Spain (and therefore of the Canary Islands).
Lanzarote (UK: / ˌ l æ n z ə ˈ r ɒ t i /, [3] [4] Spanish: [lanθaˈɾote] ⓘ, locally [lansaˈɾote]) is a Spanish island, the easternmost of the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean, 125 kilometres (80 miles) off the north coast of Africa and 1,000 kilometres (600 miles) from the Iberian Peninsula.
Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison didn’t buy 98% of this 141-square-mile island as a personal playground; instead, he’s focused on developing the island and boosting infrastructure to help ...
The conquest of the Canary Islands by the Crown of Castile took place between 1402 and 1496 in two periods: the Conquista señorial, carried out by Castilian nobility in exchange for a covenant of allegiance to the crown, and the Conquista realenga, carried out by the Spanish crown itself during the reign of the Catholic Monarchs.
Also in the Caribbean, Page owns Eustatia Island, on the eastern end of the British Virgin Islands. In 2020, Page expanded to the South Pacific, purchasing a majority share in the deed for the ...