Gran Canaria
Gran Canaria is the third largest island in the Canary Islands and has the largest population. It's often described as a "continent in miniature" because it has so much variety to offer. Sunset from Embalse de Chira…Photo: European Space Agency, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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Popular Destinations
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.
Playa del Inglés
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Playa del Inglés is a large tourist metropolis right next to Maspalomas, with beautiful dune beaches.
Destinations
Southern Gran Canaria
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Southern part of Gran Canaria and is the tourist center of the island.
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico is a holiday resort situated on the south-west coast of the Spanish island of Gran Canaria.Puerto de Mogán
Puerto de Mogán is a picturesque fishing village and popular marina in the municipality of Mogán, set at the mouth of a steep-sided valley on the south-west coast of the island of Gran Canaria.San Agustín
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San Agustín is a sea resort on the south coast of the island of Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain.
Central Gran Canaria
The central part of Gran Canaria is part of a UNESCO biosphere reserve.Gran Canaria
- Type: Island with 838,000 residents
- Description: Spanish island of the Canary Islands
- Category: tourist destination
- Location: Tejeda, Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude of centre
27.9726° or 27° 58' 21" northLongitude of centre
-15.5869° or 15° 35' 13" westPopulation
838,000Elevation
1,682 metres (5,518 feet)GeoNames ID
2517107Wikidata ID
Q178925Gran Canaria Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Gran Canaria
- Arabic: Gran Canaria
- Arabic: جران كناريا
- Arabic: غران كناريا
- Arabic: كناريا الكبرى
- Aragonese: Gran Canaria
- Armenian: Գրան-Կանարիա
- Armenian: Գրան Կանարիա
- Asturian: Gran Canaria
- Azerbaijani: Qran-Kanariya
- Basque: Kanaria Handi
- Basque: Kanaria Handia
- Belarusian: Гран-Канарыя
- Belarusian: востраў Гран-Канарыя
- Breton: Gran Canaria
- Bulgarian: Гран Канария
- Catalan: Gran Canaria
- Catalan: Gran Canària
- Cebuano: Isla de Gran Canaria
- Chinese: 大加那利岛
- Chinese: 大加那利島
- Croatian: Gran Canaria
- Czech: Gran Canaria
- Danish: Gran Canaria
- Dutch: Gran Canaria
- Egyptian Arabic: جران كناريا
- Esperanto: Gran Canaria
- Esperanto: Grankanario
- Estonian: Gran Canaria
- Faroese: Gran Canaria
- Finnish: Gran Canaria
- French: Gran Canaria
- French: Grande Canarie
- Galician: Gran Canaria
- Georgian: გრან-კანარია
- German: Gran Canaria
- German: Miniaturkontinent Gran Canaria
- Greek: Γκραν Κανάρια
- Hebrew: גראן קנריה
- Hungarian: Gran Canaria
- Icelandic: Gran Canaria
- Inari Sami: Gran Canaria
- Indonesian: Gran Canaria
- Interlingue: Gran Canaria
- Irish: Gran Canaria
- Italian: Gran Canaria
- Japanese: グラン・カナリア
- Japanese: グラン・カナリア島
- Korean: 그란카나리아
- Korean: 그란 카나리아
- Korean: 그란 카나리아 섬
- Korean: 그란카나리아섬
- Latin: Canaria
- Latin: Gran Canaria
- Latin: Insula Canaria
- Latvian: Grankanārija
- Lithuanian: Gran Kanarija
- Luxembourgish: Gran Canaria
- Macedonian: Гран Канарија
- Malay: Gran Canaria
- Marathi: ग्रान केनेरिया
- Northern Frisian: Gran Canaria
- Norwegian: Gran Canaria
- Norwegian Bokmål: Gran Canaria
- Norwegian Bokmål: Grand Canaria
- Norwegian Bokmål: Vulkanøya Gran Canaria
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Gran Canaria
- Occitan (post 1500): Grand Canària
- Persian: گران کاناریا
- Polish: Gran Canaria
- Portuguese: Gran Canária
- Portuguese: Gran canaria
- Portuguese: Gran canária
- Portuguese: Grande canária
- Portuguese: Grã-Canária
- Portuguese: Grã-canária
- Portuguese: Grã Canária
- Romanian: Gran Canaria
- Russian: Гран-Канария
- Russian: Гран Канариа
- Russian: Гран Канария
- Samogitian: Gran Kanarėjė
- Sardinian: Gran Canària
- Scots: Gran Canaria
- Scottish Gaelic: Gran Canaria
- Serbian: Гран Канарија
- Serbo-Croatian: Gran Canaria
- Slovak: Gran Canaria
- Slovenian: Gran Canaria
- Spanish: Gran Canaria
- Spanish: Isla de Gran Canaria
- Spanish: Tamaran
- Spanish: Tamarán
- Swahili: Gran Canaria
- Swedish: Gran Canaria
- Swedish: Gran Kanaria
- Swedish: Tamaran
- Swedish: Tamarán
- Tatar: Гран-Канария
- Thai: เกาะกรันกานาเรีย
- Turkish: Gran Canaria
- Ukrainian: Гран-Канарія
- Vietnamese: Gran Canaria
- Waray (Philippines): Gran Canaria
- Welsh: Gran Canaria
- Western Mari: Гран-Канари
- Wu Chinese: 大加那利岛
- Yoruba: Gran Canaria
- Yoruba: Grand Canary
- Yue Chinese: 大加那利島
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Gran Canaria. Photo: Sebatan, CC BY-SA 3.0.