"The Canary Islands, are a Spanish archipelago located just off the southwest coast of mainland Morocco, west of the southern border of Morocco. The Canaries are one of Spain's 17 autonomous communities and are among the outermost region of the European Union proper. The islands include (from largest to smallest): Tenerife, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, La Palma, La Gomera, El Hierro, La Graciosa, Alegranza, Isla de Lobos, Montaña Clara and Roque del Oeste.
Geographically the islands are part of the African continent but from a historical, economical, political and socio-cultural point of view, the Canarias are completely European." WIKI
"Gran Canaria originally meaning 'Great [Island] of Dogs') is the second most populous island of the Canary Islands, a Spanish archipelago, with a population of 838,397 which constitutes approximately 40% of the population of the archipelago."
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