Editing Province of Las Palmas

{{short description|Province of Spain}}
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| seat                   = [[Las Palmas de Gran Canaria]]
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[[File:Bandama Caldera.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Bandama Caldera]]]]
[[File:Iglesia.de.San.Juan.Bautista.Arucas.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Church of San Juan Bautista]]
[[File:BotanicGardensinArucas.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Botanic garden in Arucas]]
[[File:Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Pino en Teror.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Pino, in [[Teror]].]]

The '''Province of Las Palmas''' ({{IPAc-en|l|ɑː|s|_|ˈ|p|ɑː|l|m|ə|s}}, {{IPAc-en|UK|ˈ|p|ɑː|m|ə|s}}; {{langx|es|Provincia de Las Palmas}}) is a [[province (Spain)|province]] of [[Spain]], consisting of the eastern part of the [[autonomous communities of Spain|autonomous community]] of the [[Canary Islands]]. [[Las Palmas de Gran Canaria]], capital city of this province and of the island of [[Gran Canaria]], is the largest city in the Canary Islands.

In 1927, the [[Province of Canary Islands]] was split into two provinces: Las Palmas and [[Province of Tenerife|Santa Cruz de Tenerife]]. In 1982, both provinces became part of the newly founded autonomous community of the Canary Islands.

==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.

==Population==
The historical population is given in the following chart:
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 bar:1910 from:0 till:198 text:198,012
 bar:1920 from:0 till:215 text:215,083
 bar:1930 from:0 till:255 text:254,707
 bar:1940 from:0 till:322 text:322,332
 bar:1950 from:0 till:380 text:379,977
 bar:1960 from:0 till:459 text:459,433
 bar:1970 from:0 till:549 text:548,984
 bar:1981 from:0 till:709 text:708,762
 bar:1991 from:0 till:768 text:767,969
 bar:2001 from:0 till:888 text:887,676
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== Notes and references==
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==External links==
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*{{in lang|es}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20100325074249/http://www.gobcan.es/ Government of the Canary Islands]

{{Municipalities in Las Palmas}}
{{Provinces of Spain}}
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