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Las Palmas is located in the northeastern part of the island of Gran Canaria, about 150 km (93 mi) west of the Moroccan coast [12] in the Atlantic Ocean. Las Palmas experiences a hot desert climate, [note 1] offset by the local cooler Canary Current, with warm temperatures throughout the year. It has an average annual temperature of 21.2 °C ...
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 Carnival of Las Palmas has been involved in polemic several times. In the past there was certain controversy because a band named Los Indianos coming from the town of Santa Cruz de La Palma wanted to join the Carnival of Las Palmas, [3] [4] or joining the Carnival of Las Palmas of so-called "Carnaval de Día" which belongs to Carnival of Santa Cruz de Tenerife and to use the same model of ...
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.
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
Las Palmas, most commonly refers to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, a city in the Canary Islands, Spain. Las Palmas may also refer to: Spain.
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 ...
The constituency was created as per the Political Reform Act 1977 and was first contested in the 1977 general election.The Act provided for the provinces of Spain to be established as multi-member districts in the Congress of Deputies, [2] with this regulation being maintained under the Spanish Constitution of 1978. [3]