Canary Islands
The Canary Islands, also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago in Macaronesia in the Atlantic Ocean. At their closest point to the African mainland, they are 100 kilometres west of Morocco and the Western Sahara.Tap on the map to travel |
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Popular Destinations
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
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Santa Cruz de Tenerife is the capital and largest city of Tenerife.
Las Palmas
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Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, or just Las Palmas, is the capital of Gran Canaria, the largest city in the Canary Islands, and one of the largest cities in Spain.
La Palma
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La Palma is an island of the Canary Islands, which are an integral part of Spain.
Destinations
Tenerife
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Tenerife is the largest of the Canary Islands and is a great place to travel.
Lanzarote
Lanzarote is one of the Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean 130 km west of North Africa and 1,000 km southwest of mainland Spain.Gran Canaria
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Gran Canaria is the third largest island in the Canary Islands and has the largest population.
Fuerteventura
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Fuerteventura is one of the islands that makes up the Canary Islands.
Graciosa
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Graciosa is the smallest inhabited island of the Canary Islands archipelago.
Canary Islands
- Type: Archipelago with 2,150,000 residents
- Description: autonomous community of Spain
- Categories: autonomous community of Spain, integral overseas territory, historical nationality, region of Spain and locality
- Location: Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude of centre
28.043° or 28° 2' 35" northLongitude of centre
-15.6116° or 15° 36' 42" westPopulation
2,150,000Elevation
644 metres (2,113 feet)OpenStreetMap ID
node 4312523253OpenStreetMap Feature
place=archipelagoGeoNames ID
2593110Wikidata ID
Q5813Canary Islands Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Abkhazian: Tigzirin Tiknariyin
- Afrikaans: Kanariese Eilande
- Albanian: Ishujt Kanare
- Amharic: ካናሪያስ ደሴቶች
- Arabic: Islas Canarias
- Arabic: الجزر الخالدات
- Arabic: جزر الخالدات
- Arabic: جزر الكناري
- Arabic: جزر كناري
- Arabic: جزر كنارية
- Arabic: قائمة جزر جزر الكناري
- Arabic: منطقة جزر الكناري
- Arabic: منطقة جزر الكناري الذاتية الحكم
- Arabic: منطقة جزر الكناري ذاتية الحكم
- Arabic: منطقة حكم ذاتي جزر الكناري
- Arabic: منطقه جزر الكناري ذاتيه الحكم
- Aragonese: Canarias
- Armenian: Կանարյան կղզիներ
- Arpitan: Canaries
- Arpitan: Iles Canaries
- Assamese: কেনেৰী দ্বীপপুঞ্জ
- Asturian: Canaries
- Azerbaijani: Kanar adaları
- Bashkir: Канар
- Bashkir: Канар утрауҙары
- Basque: Kanariak
- Bavarian: Kanarische Insln
- Belarusian: Канарскі архіпэляг
- Belarusian: Канарскія астравы
- Belarusian: Канары
- Bengali: কানারি দ্বীপপুঞ্জ
- Bengali: ক্যানারিদ্বীপপুঞ্জ
- Bosnian: Kanarska ostrva
- Breton: Kanariez
- Bulgarian: Канарски острови
- Burmese: ကနေရီကျွန်းစု
- Catalan: Canarias
- Catalan: Canàries
- Catalan: Illes Canàries
- Catalan: illes Canàries
- Cebuano: Canary Islands
- Central Kurdish: دوورگەکانی کەناری
- Chechen: Канаран гӀайренаш
- Chechen: Канаран гӀайреш
- Chinese: Canaria Kûn-tó
- Chinese: 加納利群島
- Chinese: 加那利亞群島
- Chinese: 加那利群岛
- Chinese: 加那利群島
- Cornish: Canarias
- Corsican: Canarie
- Corsican: Isule Canarie
- Corsican: isule Canarie
- Crimean Tatar: Kanarı adalar
- Croatian: Kanari
- Czech: Kanárské ostrovy
- Czech: Kanáry
- Danish: De Kanariske Øer
- Danish: Kanariske Øer
- Dimli (individual language): Adeyê Kanarya
- Dutch: Canarische Eilanden
- Dutch: Canarische eilandengroep
- Egyptian Arabic: جزر الكنارى
- English: Canaries
- English: Canary
- English: Insula Canaria
- English: Islas Canarias
- English: the Canaries
- Esperanto: Kanariaj Insuloj
- Esperanto: Kanarioj
- Estonian: Kanaari saared
- Extremaduran: Canarias
- Extremaduran: Canárias
- Faroese: Kanarisku oyggjarnar
- Fiji Hindi: Canary Islands
- Finnish: Islas Canarias
- Finnish: Kanaria
- Finnish: Kanariansaaret
- French: Canaries
- French: Îles Canaries
- French: îles Canaries
- Gagauz: Kanariya adaları
- Galician: Illas Canarias
- Georgian: კანარის კუნძულები
- German: Kanaren
- German: Kanarische Inseln
- Greek: Κανάρια Νησιά
- Greek: Κανάριες Νήσοι
- Guianese Creole French: Zil Kanari
- Gujarati: કેનેરી આઈલેન્ડ
- Gujarati: કેનેરી ટાપુઓ
- Haitian: Canaries
- Haitian: Zile Kanari
- Hakka Chinese: Canaria Khiùn-tó
- Hausa: Canaria Khiùn-tó
- Hausa: Canary Islands
- Hausa: Nā Moku Manu Mele
- Hausa: Tsibirin Kanariyas
- Hawaiian: Nā Moku Manu Mele
- Hebrew: האיים הקנריים
- Hindi: कैनरी द्वीपसमूह
- Hungarian: Kanári-szigetek
- Icelandic: Kanaríeyjar
- Ido: Kanarii
- Inari Sami: Kanariasuolluuh
- Indonesian: Kepulauan Canaria
- Interlingua: Canarias
- Interlingua: Insulas Canari
- Interlingue: Insules Canarias
- Irish: Na hOileáin Chanáracha
- Italian: Canarie
- Italian: Isole Canarie
- Italian: isole Canarie
- Jamaican Creole English: Kianieri Ailanz
- Japanese: カナリアス
- Japanese: カナリア諸島
- Javanese: Kapuloan Canaria
- Javanese: Kapuloan Canary
- Kabardian: Канар хы тӀыгухэр
- Kabyle: Tigzirin Tiknariyin
- Kannada: ಕೆನರಿ ದ್ವೀಪಗಳು
- Kazakh: Канар аралдары
- Kinaray-A: Kakanaryohan
- Kinaray-A: Kakanaryuhan
- Kirghiz: Канария аралдары
- Korean: 인술라 카나리아
- Korean: 카나리아
- Korean: 카나리아 제도
- Kurdish: Giravên Qenariyê
- Ladin: Ijules Canaries
- Ladino: Izlas Kanarias
- Ladino: Kanarias
- Latin: Canariae Insulae
- Latvian: Kanāriju Salas
- Latvian: Kanāriju salas
- Ligurian: Canâie
- Ligurian: Isoe Canaïe
- Ligurian: Îzoe Canâie
- Limburgan: Canarische eilenj
- Lingua Franca Nova: Isolas Canario
- Lithuanian: Kanarų salos
- Low German: Kanariese Eiloanden
- Lower Sorbian: Kanariske kupy
- Luxembourgish: Kanaresch Inselen
- Macedo-Romanian: Canarias
- Macedonian: Канарски Острови
- Malagasy: Nosy Kanaria
- Malay: Kepulauan Canaria
- Malay: Kepulauan Canary
- Malayalam: കനേറി ദ്വീപുകൾ
- Maltese: Gżejjer Kanarji
- Manx: Ny h-Ellanyn Canaaragh
- Maori: Islas Canarias
- Marathi: कॅनरी द्वीपसमूह
- Mazanderani: قناری جزیرهئون
- Min Nan Chinese: Canaria Kûn-tó
- Mingrelian: კანარიშ კოკეფი
- Mongolian: Канарын Арлууд
- Mongolian: Канарын арлууд
- Neapolitan: Isule Canarie
- Nepali: क्यानरी द्विप
- Northern Frisian: Kanaaren
- Northern Frisian: Kanaarisk Eilunen
- Northern Luri: میناڤە یا قأناری
- Northern Sami: Kanáriasullot
- Norwegian: Kanariøyene
- Norwegian Bokmål: Kanariøyene
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Kanariøyane
- Novial: Isles Kanarias
- Occitan (post 1500): Illas Canàrias
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Fortunatus iegland
- Ossetian: Канары сакъадæхтæ
- Papiamento: Islanan Kanaria
- Pedi: Canary Islands
- Persian: جزایر قناری
- Piemontese: Ìsole Canarie
- Polish: Wyspy Kanaryjskie
- Portuguese: Canárias
- Portuguese: Ilhas Canárias
- Portuguese: Islas Canarias
- Portuguese: as Canárias
- Quechua: Kanarya wat'akuna
- Quechua: Kanarya watakuna
- Romanian: Insulele Canare
- Russia Buriat: Канарай аралнууд
- Russian: Автономная область Канарских Островов
- Russian: Канарские Острова
- Russian: Канарские острова
- Samogitian: Kanaru salas
- Sardinian: Isulas Canarias
- Sardinian: Ìsulas Canàrias
- Saterfriesisch: Kanariske Ailounde
- Scots: Canary Islands
- Scottish Gaelic: Na h-Eileanan Canàrach
- Serbian: Канарска Острва
- Serbian: Канарска острва
- Serbo-Croatian: Kanari
- Serbo-Croatian: Kanarski otoci
- Serbo-Croatian: Tigzirin tiknariyin
- Shan: မူႇၵုၼ် ၶႅၼ်ႇၼရီႇ
- Sicilian: Isuli Canarii
- Sicilian: Ìsuli Canarii
- Sinhala: කැනරි දූපත්
- Slovak: Kanárske ostrovy
- Slovenian: Kanarski otoki
- South Azerbaijani: قناری آدالاری
- Southern Sotho: Canarias
- Southern Sotho: Canary Islands
- Spanish: Canarias
- Spanish: Comunidad Autónoma de Canarias
- Spanish: Comunidad Canaria
- Spanish: Islas Afortunadas
- Spanish: Islas Canarias
- Spanish: archipiélago canario
- Standard Moroccan Tamazight: ⵜⵉⴳⵣⵉⵔⵉⵏ ⵜⵉⴽⵏⴰⵔⵉⵢⵉⵏ
- Sundanese: Kapuloan Kanaria
- Swahili: Visiwa vya Kanari
- Swedish: Islas Canarias
- Swedish: Kanarieöarna
- Swiss German: Kanarische Inseln
- Swiss German: Kanarischi Insle
- Tachelhit: Tigzirin tiknariyin
- Tagalog: Canarias
- Tajik: Ҷазираҳои Канари
- Tajik: Ҷазираҳои Канарӣ
- Tamil: கேனரி ஐலன்ட்ஸ்
- Tamil: கேனரி தீவுகள்
- Tatar: Канар утраулары
- Telugu: కానరీ దీవులు
- Telugu: కానరీ ద్వీపములు
- Thai: หมู่เกาะคะเนรี
- Thai: หมู่เกาะคะแนรี
- Thai: แคว้นกานาเรียส
- Tosk Albanian: Kanarische Inseln
- Turkish: Kanarya Adaları
- Turkmen: Kanar adalary
- Udmurt: Канар шормуӵъёс
- Ukrainian: Канарські острови
- Upper Sorbian: Kanariske kupy
- Upper Sorbian: Kanary
- Urdu: جزائر کناری
- Uzbek: Kanar orollari
- Venetian: Ìxołe Canarie
- Venetian: Ìzołe Canàrie
- Vietnamese: Quần đảo Canaria
- Volapük: Kanariyuäns
- Walloon: Iyes Canareyes
- Waray (Philippines): Islas Canarias
- Welsh: Yr Ynysoedd Dedwydd
- Western Frisian: Kanaryske Eilannen
- Western Mari: Канар ошмаотывлӓ
- Western Panjabi: کناری جزیرے
- Wolof: Duni Kanaari
- Wu Chinese: 加那利群岛
- Xhosa: Iziqithi zeCanary
- Yakut: Канаар арыылара
- Yakut: Канар арыылара
- Yiddish: קאנארי אינזלען
- Yiddish: קאנארישע אינזלען
- Yoruba: Àwọn Erékùṣù Kánárì
- Yue Chinese: 加那利群島
- Zulu: Iziqhingi iKhaneli
- Adey Kanarya
- ES70
- Giravên Kenariyê
- Канар тӀыгухэр
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