Las Palmas

For other uses, see Las Palmas (disambiguation). Not to be confused with La Palma.

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Municipality
Panoramic view
Playa de Las Canteras
Cathedral
Colombus House
Bandama Caldera
Castillo de la Luz
Arucas Cathedral
Flag of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Flag
Coat of arms of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Coat of arms
Map
Location of Las Palmas
Coordinates: 28°07′33″N 15°26′07″W / 28.12583°N 15.43528°W / 28.12583; -15.43528
CountrySpain
Autonomous communityCanary Islands
ProvinceLas Palmas
IslandGran Canaria
Founded24 June 1478
Government
 • MayorCarolina Darias (PSC-PSOE)
Area
 • Municipality100.55 km2 (38.82 sq mi)
Elevation
8 m (26 ft)
Highest elevation
300 m (1,000 ft)
Lowest elevation
8 m (26 ft)
Population
 (2018)[2]
 • Municipality378,517
 • Density3,800/km2 (9,700/sq mi)
 • Urban
635,000[1]
Demonympalmense (es)
GDP
[3]
 • Metro€14.822 billion (2020)
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (WEST)
Postal code
35001-35020
Language(s)Spanish
Websitewww.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 a Spanish city and capital of Gran Canaria, in the Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean.

It is the capital city of the Canary Islands (jointly with Santa Cruz de Tenerife) and the most populous city in the autonomous community of the Canary Islands, and the ninth-largest city in Spain with a population of 381,223 in 2020.[6] It is also the fifth-most populous urban area in Spain and (depending on sources) ninth or tenth most populous metropolitan area in Spain.[7][8][9][10][11]

Las Palmas is located in the northeastern part of the island of Gran Canaria, about 150 km (93 mi) west of the Moroccan coast[12] in the Atlantic Ocean. Las Palmas experiences a hot 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).[13]

The city was founded in 1478, and considered the de facto (without legal and real recognition)[14] capital of the Canary Islands until the seventeenth century.[14] 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.

  1. ^ Demographia: World Urban Areas Archived 3 May 2018 at the Wayback Machine, 2022
  2. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  3. ^ "Gross domestic product (GDP) at current market prices by metropolitan regions". ec.europa.eu.
  4. ^ Wells, John C. (2008). Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3rd ed.). Longman. ISBN 978-1-4058-8118-0.
  5. ^ Roach, Peter (2011). Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary (18th ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-15253-2.
  6. ^ "Real Decreto 1147/2020, de 15 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 2020" (PDF). 15 December 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 July 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Demographia: World Urban Areas" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 May 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2011.
  8. ^ Urban Audit Archived 26 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine – Eurostat.
  9. ^ Study on Urban Functions: Final Report Archived 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine – European Spatial Planning Observation Network, ISBN 2-9600467-2-2.
  10. ^ "Conurbaciones". Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2011.
  11. ^ Europe: metropolitan areas – World Gazetteer, 2012.
  12. ^ "Situación y Clima. Ayuntamiento de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria". Laspalmasgc.es. Archived from the original on 29 June 2010. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  13. ^ eterna primavera Archived 7 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine on turismodecanarias.com.
  14. ^ 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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