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    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 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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  • 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 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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    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 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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    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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  • 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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    [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 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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    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 Movement for the Self-Determination and Independence of the Canary Islands (Spanish: Movimiento por la Autodeterminación e Independencia del Archipiélago...
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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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    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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    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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    The Canary Islands oystercatcher, Canarian oystercatcher, or Canarian black oystercatcher (Haematopus meadewaldoi), was a shorebird of uncertain taxonomy...
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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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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    Peninsular Spain, Ceuta, Melilla and the plazas de soberanía. In the Canary Islands, the time zone is WET (UTC±00:00) and WEST (UTC+01:00). DST is observed...
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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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    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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    Dracaena draco, the Canary Islands dragon tree or drago, is a subtropical tree in the genus Dracaena, native to the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Madeira...
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    formerly spelled Teneriffe) is the largest and most populous island of the Canary Islands. It is home to 42.9% of the total population of the archipelago...
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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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  • 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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    (monsters, animals, demons), he assigns them an apotropaic meaning. For the Canary Islands, see its section under Europe. Carnival was introduced by Portuguese...
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    The Canary Islands have been known since antiquity. Until the Spanish colonization between 1402 and 1496, the Canaries were populated by an indigenous...
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