The Canary Islands (/kəˈnɛəri/, Spanish: Canarias, Spanish: [kaˈnaɾjas]), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous community and...
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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...
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the Canary Islands is a vertical tricolour of three equal bands of white, blue, and yellow. The state flag includes the Coat of arms of the Canary Islands...
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Graciosa Island or commonly La Graciosa (pronounced [la ɣɾaˈsjosa]; Spanish for "graceful") is a volcanic island in the Canary Islands of Spain, located...
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the Canary Islands chat due to its once widespread distribution on the Canary Islands, is a sedentary resident bird found only on the island of Fuerteventura...
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Canary Islanders, or Canarians (Spanish: canarios), are the people of the Canary Islands, an autonomous community of Spain near the coast of northwest...
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The conquest of the Canary Islands by the Crown of Castile took place between 1402 and 1496 and described as the first instance of European settler colonialism...
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Gran Canaria (redirect from Gran Canaria, Canary Islands)
[ɡɾaŋ kaˈnaɾja]), also Grand Canary Island, is the third-largest and second-most-populous island of the Canary Islands, an archipelago off the Atlantic...
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the Canary Islands is the institution that holds the executive power within the competence framework of the autonomous community of the Canary Islands, in...
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religion in the Canary Islands is the Catholic Church. The Catholic religion has been the majority since the Conquest of the Canary Islands in the fifteenth...
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geology of the Canary Islands is dominated by volcanic rock. The Canary Islands and some seamounts to the north-east form the Canary Volcanic Province...
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The Province of Canary Islands (in Spanish: Provincia de Canarias) is the name of the former province formed by the Canary Islands. This province had its...
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The Atlantic canary (Serinus canaria), known worldwide simply as the wild canary and also called the island canary, common canary, or canary, is a small...
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economy of the Canary Islands, a Spanish archipelago located in the Atlantic Ocean, 100 kilometres (62 miles) west of Morocco. Seven main islands and six islets...
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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...
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Canary Islands (Spanish: Día de Canarias) is celebrated annually on 30 May. It is a public holiday in the Spanish autonomous community of the Canary Islands...
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Phoenix canariensis (redirect from Canary Island Palm)
canariensis, the Canary Island date palm or pineapple palm, is a species of flowering plant in the palm family Arecaceae, native to the Canary Islands off the...
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The Canary Islands oystercatcher, Canarian oystercatcher, or Canarian black oystercatcher (Haematopus meadewaldoi), was a shorebird of uncertain taxonomy...
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finch family originating from the Macaronesian Islands (the Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islands). Canaries were first bred in captivity in the 17th century...
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The Canary Islands chiffchaff (Phylloscopus canariensis) is a species of leaf warbler endemic to the Canary Islands, Spain. Sometimes the English name...
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The music of the Canary Islands reflects its cultural heritage. The islands used to be inhabited by the Guanches which are related to Berbers; they mixed...
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Las Palmas (redirect from Las Palmas, Canary Islands)
capital of Gran Canaria, in the Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital city of the Canary Islands (jointly with Santa Cruz de Tenerife)...
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List of airports in Spain (redirect from List of airports in the Canary Islands)
airports by ICAO code: L#LE – Spain List of airports by ICAO code: G#GC - Canary Islands (Spain) List of airports by ICAO code: G#GE - Ceuta and Melilla (Spain)...
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Time in Spain (redirect from Time in the Canary Islands)
In the Canary Islands, the time zone is WET (UTC±00:00). Spain used GMT (UTC±00:00) before the Second World War (except for the Canary Islands which used...
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surrounding islands (the Canary Islands). It may also refer to: Canaries, birds in the genera Serinus and Crithagra including, among others: Atlantic canary (Serinus...
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autonomous communities of Spain. The demographics of the Canary Islands are concentrated in the largest islands of Tenerife and Gran Canaria. 219 people/km2 with...
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The Kingdom of the Canary Islands was a vassal state of the Crown of Castile located in North Africa, lasting from 1404 to 1448. Apart from earlier contact...
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European robin (redirect from Canary Islands robin)
west Canary Islands' populations are younger (Middle Pleistocene) and only beginning to diverge genetically. Robins from the western Canary Islands: El...
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International Direct Dialing code Canary Islands dialing codes - accessed 3 May 2010. Call someone on the Canary Islands - accessed 14 November 2018. v t...
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Canarian Coalition (redirect from Canary Islands Coalition)
political party in Spain operating in the Canary Islands. The party's aim is for greater autonomy for the islands but not independence. It has been labeled...
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