Editing Province of Las Palmas (section)

==Geography==

===Composition===
[[File:Spain Canary Islands location map Province of Las Palmas.svg|thumb|The Province of Las Palmas within the Canary Islands]]

It consists of about half of the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] archipelago, including the islands of [[Gran Canaria]], [[Fuerteventura]], and [[Lanzarote]], as well as another six minor isles ([[Alegranza]], [[Graciosa, Canary Islands|Graciosa]], [[Montaña Clara]], [[Lobos Island|Lobos]], [[Roque del Este]], and [[Roque del Oeste]]). Their total land area is {{convert|4,065.78|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, representing 54.6% of the Canary Islands' total land. (The other half of the archipelago is the [[Santa Cruz de Tenerife (province)|Province of Santa Cruz]].)

===General view===
Its capital is the city of [[Las Palmas de Gran Canaria]], on the island of [[Gran Canaria]], which is also one of the capitals of the autonomous community (next to [[Santa Cruz de Tenerife]]). About 33.2% of the provincial population of 1,145,843 (2023) live in the capital. The name "Las Palmas" is generally used to refer to both the city and the province. There are 34 municipalities in the province; see [[List of municipalities in Las Palmas]].

Las Palmas contains the [[Parque Nacional Timanfaya]] on the island of Lanzarote.

License plates in the province used to start with "GC", which referred to the island of Gran Canaria, although the same plates were also issued in Lanzarote and Fuerteventura.