Las Palmas
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria | |
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Municipality | |
Panoramic view Playa de Las Canteras Cathedral Colombus House Bandama Caldera Castillo de la Luz Arucas Cathedral | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Location of Las Palmas | |
| Coordinates: 28°07′33″N 15°26′07″W / 28.12583°N 15.43528°W | |
| Country | Spain |
| Autonomous community | Canary Islands |
| Province | Las Palmas |
| Island | Gran Canaria |
| Founded | 24 June 1478 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Carolina Darias (PSC-PSOE) |
| Area | |
• Municipality | 100.55 km2 (38.82 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 8 m (26 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 300 m (1,000 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 8 m (26 ft) |
| Population (2024)[2] | |
• Municipality | 383,516 |
| • Density | 3,800/km2 (9,900/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 635,000[1] |
| Demonym | palmense (es) |
| GDP | |
| • Metro | €14.822 billion (2020) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (WEST) |
| Postal code | 35001-35020 |
| Language(s) | Spanish |
| Website | www.lpavisit.com |
Las Palmas (UK: /ˌlæs ˈpælməs, - ˈpɑːl-/, US: /ˌlɑːs ˈpɑːlməs, -mɑːs/;[4][5] Spanish: [las ˈpalmas]), officially Las Palmas de Gran Canaria,[a] is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of the Canary Islands in Spain. With a population of 383,516 as of 2024, it is the 9th-largest city in Spain.[2] It is also the fifth-most populous urban area in Spain and, depending on sources, ninth or tenth most populous metropolitan area in Spain.[6][7][8][9][10]
Las Palmas is located in the northeastern part of the island of Gran Canaria, about 150 km (93 mi) west of the African coast[11] in the Atlantic Ocean. Las Palmas experiences a desert climate,[note 1] offset by the local cooler Canary Current, with warm temperatures throughout the year. It has an average annual temperature of 21.2 °C (70.2 °F).[12]
The city was founded in 1478, and considered the de facto (without legal and real recognition)[13] capital of the Canary Islands until the seventeenth century.[13] It is the home of the Canarian Ministry of Presidency (shared in a four-year term with Santa Cruz de Tenerife), as well as half of the ministries and boards of the Canarian government, and the High Court of Justice of the Canary Islands.
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- ^ a b "Annual population census 2021-2024". INE.
- ^ "Gross domestic product (GDP) at current market prices by metropolitan regions". ec.europa.eu.
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- ^ Roach, Peter (2011). Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary (18th ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-15253-2.
- ^ "Demographia: World Urban Areas" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 May 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2011.
- ^ Urban Audit Archived 26 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine – Eurostat.
- ^ Study on Urban Functions: Final Report Archived 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine – European Spatial Planning Observation Network, ISBN 2-9600467-2-2.
- ^ "Conurbaciones". Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2011.
- ^ Europe: metropolitan areas – World Gazetteer, 2012.
- ^ "Situación y Clima. Ayuntamiento de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria". Laspalmasgc.es. Archived from the original on 29 June 2010. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
- ^ eterna primavera Archived 7 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine on turismodecanarias.com.
- ^ a b La Junta Suprema de Canarias. Volumen I. Buenaventura Bonnet y Riveron. Real Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País de Tenerife, Editorial: Editorial Interinsular Canaria SA, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, 1980 (reedition 1948), pp. 104–106.
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