a b c d "Real Decreto de 30 de noviembre de 1833 – Wikisource". es.wikisource.org (in Spanish) . Retrieved 13 January 2023. The Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands consists of two provinces ( provincias), Las Palmas and Santa Cruz de Tenerife, whose capitals ( Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Santa Cruz de Tenerife) are capitals of the autonomous community. Each of the seven major islands is ruled by an island council named Cabildo Insular. Each island is subdivided into smaller municipalities ( municipios); Las Palmas is divided into 34 municipalities, and Santa Cruz de Tenerife is divided into 54 municipalities. [52] Real Decreto 1458/2018, de 14 de diciembre, por el que se declaran oficiales las cifras de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal referidas al 1 de enero de 2018". BOE (in Spanish). 29 December 2018. pp.130903–130906. Archived from the original on 23 September 2019 . Retrieved 23 September 2019. Canary Islands Weather and Climate". Worldtravelguide.net. Archived from the original on 31 May 2008 . Retrieved 21 January 2010.

Hogan, C. Michael. Burnham, Andy (ed.). "Chellah". Megalithic.co.uk. The Megalithic Portal. Archived from the original on 12 July 2017 . Retrieved 26 April 2010. a b c d "Real Decreto 743/2019, de 20 de diciembre, por el que se declaran oficiales las cifras de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal referidas al 1 de enero de 2019". BOE (in Spanish). 27 December 2019. pp.141278–141281. Archived from the original on 20 February 2020 . Retrieved 20 February 2020. Nicolás García Hemme, born 20 June 1988 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, 2012 London Olympics, Taekwondo Silver Medalist in Men's Welterweight category (−80kg).Maca-Meyer, Nicole; Arnay, Matilde; Rando, Juan Carlos; Flores, Carlos; González, Ana M.; Cabrera, Vicente M.; Larruga, José M. (February 2004). "Ancient mtDNA analysis and the origin of the Guanches". European Journal of Human Genetics. 12 (2): 155–162. doi: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201075. ISSN 1476-5438. PMID 14508507. S2CID 10363742. Canarias, un puente entre continentes". La Nación. 19 November 2002. Archived from the original on 9 June 2021 . Retrieved 22 January 2018. Isleños Society of St. Bernard Parish". Americaslibrary.gov. Archived from the original on 7 October 2009 . Retrieved 26 April 2010. Holidays [ edit ] The Dance of the Dwarves is one of the most important acts of the Lustral Festivities of the Bajada de la Virgen de las Nieves in Santa Cruz de La Palma. Dancers with typical costume in El Tamaduste ( El Hierro) Band of Agaete in the Traída del Agua ( Gran Canaria) Paola Tirados, born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in 1980, synchronized swimmer, who participated in the Olympic Games of 2000, 2004 and 2008. She won the silver medal in Beijing in 2008 in the team competition category.

León Álvarez, Aarón (19 April 2015). "La represión franquista en Canarias: una guerra de 40 años". canariasahora (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 31 January 2017 . Retrieved 18 January 2017– via eldiario.es.The Tenerife Tram opened in 2007 and is currently the only one in the Canary Islands, travelling between the cities of Santa Cruz de Tenerife and San Cristóbal de La Laguna. Not surprisingly, a series of geologically and biologically unique areas are present and no less than four of Spain's National Parks are located here. The highest mountain peak in Spain and the third largest oceanic volcano in the world - Mount Teide - in the National Park of the same name, is in some ways the crowning glory, especially as it is literally ringed below the bare summit by the endemic Canary Pine forest, but only forms part of the larger picture. Indeed the Canary Islands form an important part of Macaronesia, the N Atlantic islands complex. David Silva, born in Arguineguín in 1986, plays association football for Real Sociedad, member of the 2010 FIFA World Cup champion Spain national football team

Pleito Insular; Autonomía y Nacionalidad". Gran Enciclopedia Virtual Islas Canarias (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 22 April 2020 . Retrieved 7 January 2019– via www.gevic.net. Montesinos Sirera, Jose Luis and Jurgen Renn (2004) Expeditions to the Canary Islands in the romantic period (1770–1830)". Humboldt.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de. Archived from the original on 31 January 2006 . Retrieved 26 April 2010. The political capital of the archipelago did not exist as such until the nineteenth century. The first cities founded by the Europeans at the time of the conquest of the Canary Islands in the 15th century were: Telde (in Gran Canaria), San Marcial del Rubicón (in Lanzarote) and Betancuria (in Fuerteventura). These cities boasted the first European institutions present in the archipelago, including Catholic bishoprics. [94] Although, because the period of splendor of these cities developed before the total conquest of the archipelago and its incorporation into the Crown of Castile never had a political and real control of the entire Canary archipelago. a b Clement, P., Harris, A., & and Davis, J. (1993). Finches and Sparrows. Helm ISBN 0-7136-8017-2.

Today native forest is greatly reduced: 14% of the original area is left on Madeira (where the largest and best examples of laurel habitat remain), 10% on Tenerife and less than 1% on Gran Canaria. In 1402, the Castilian colonisation of the islands began with the expedition of the French explorers Jean de Béthencourt and Gadifer de la Salle, nobles and vassals of Henry III of Castile, to Lanzarote. From there, they went on to conquer Fuerteventura (1405) and El Hierro. These invasions were "brutal cultural and military clashes between the indigenous population and the Castilians" lasting over a century due to formidable resistance by indigenous Canarians. [58] Professor Mohamed Adhikari has defined the conquest of the islands as a genocide of the Guanches. [68] [69]