• As in the rest of Spain, the majority religion in the Canary Islands is the Catholic Church. The Catholic religion has been the majority since the Conquest...
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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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    Canary Islands, Spain. Its goal is to revive and spread the traditional religion of the indigenous Guanche people who occupied the islands at the time...
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  • communities around the Canary Islands. Its headquarters is located in the town of Los Cristianos, in the municipality of Arona south of the island of Tenerife...
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  • The history of the Jews in the Canary Islands dates to the 15th century, when converted Jews moved to the islands from the Iberian Peninsula and continued...
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  • movement active mainly on the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands and in Germany and is best known for a police and media scare in which an alleged attempt...
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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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  • Animero (category Religion in the Canary Islands)
    Animero (in the Canary Islands, Spain) is a person who is popularly attributed certain holiness. The Animeros are typical especially in the north of the island...
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    The Guanche were the historic Indigenous inhabitants of the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean some 100 kilometres (60 mi) west of the North African...
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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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  • mainly uses CET (UTC+01:00) in Peninsular Spain, Ceuta, Melilla and the plazas de soberanía. In the Canary Islands, the time zone is WET (UTC±00:00)...
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  • objects or UFOs in the Canary Islands. 1974 - 24 November 1974 1976 - 22 June 1976. This reported UFO sighting occurred over the Canary Islands on 22 June...
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    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. With a...
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    bonita (English: The Beautiful Island) and historically San Miguel de La Palma, is the most northwesterly island of the Canary Islands, Spain, which is...
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    Verde–related articles Islands of Macaronesia Azores Canary Islands Madeira Christianity in Cape Verde Roman Catholicism in Cape Verde Islam in Cape Verde Freedom...
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    Cruz, is a city, the capital of the island of Tenerife, Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, and one of the capitals of the Canary Islands, along with Las...
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    Jean de Béthencourt (category History of the Canary Islands)
    who in 1402 led an expedition to the Canary Islands, landing first on the north side of Lanzarote. From there he conquered for Castile the islands of Fuerteventura...
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    The Cayman Islands (/ˈkeɪmən/) is a self-governing British Overseas Territory, and the largest by population. The 264-square-kilometre (102-square-mile)...
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    Chaxiraxi (category Canary Islands stubs)
    as the Sun Mother, in the religion of the aboriginal Guanche inhabitants of the Canary Islands. Chaxiraxi was one of the principal goddesses of the Guanche...
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    During the 18th, 19th and early part of the 20th century, large waves of Spanish immigrants from Canary Islands, Catalonia, Andalusia, Galicia, and Asturias...
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    Guayota, in Guanche mythology of Tenerife (the Canary Islands), was the principal malignant deity and Achamán's adversary. According to Guanche legend...
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    50 other smaller islands and cays. About 16 of the islands are inhabited. The capital, Road Town, is on Tortola, the largest island, which is about 20 km...
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    Spain (redirect from Islands of Spain)
    includes the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean, the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea, and the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla in Africa...
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    Our Lady of Regla (category Religion in the Philippines)
    in a brotherhood in the city of Seville as a patron of bakers. In the Canary Islands, there are various hermitages dedicated to her. In Cuba, in the Regla...
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    Basilica of Candelaria (category Catholic Church in the Canary Islands)
    basilica, the first Marian shrine of the Canary Islands, located in the municipality and city of Candelaria on the island of Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain)...
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  • Isleños (category Ethnic groups in Latin America)
    Spaniard). By the early 19th century there were more people of Canarian extraction in the Americas than in the Canary Islands themselves, and the number of...
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    Religion in Ethiopia consists of a number of faiths. Among these mainly Abrahamic religions, the most numerous is Christianity (Ethiopian Orthodoxy, P'ent'ay...
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    celebrates the Virgin Mary on the island of Tenerife, one of the Canary Islands (Spain). The center of worship is located in the city of Candelaria in Tenerife...
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    is the predominant religion in Uganda. According to the 2014 census, over 84 percent of the population was Christian, while about 14 percent of the population...
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  • Spanish ethnic group living in the state of Louisiana in the United States, consisting of people primarily from the Canary Islands. Isleños are descendants...
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