Province of Las Palmas

Church of San Juan Bautista

Botanic garden in Arucas

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Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Pino, in Teror.

The Province of Las Palmas (Template:IPAc-en, Template:IPAc-en; Template:Langx) is a province of Spain, consisting of the eastern part of the 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 Santa Cruz de Tenerife. In 1982, both provinces became part of the newly founded autonomous community of the Canary Islands.

Geography

Composition

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The Province of Las Palmas within the Canary Islands

It consists of about half of the Atlantic archipelago, including the islands of Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura, and Lanzarote, as well as another six minor isles (Alegranza, Graciosa, Montaña Clara, Lobos, Roque del Este, and Roque del Oeste). Their total land area is Template:Convert, representing 54.6% of the Canary Islands' total land. (The other half of the archipelago is the 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: <timeline> Colors=

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bar:1887 from:0 till:125 text:124,774
bar:1900 from:0 till:158 text:158,052
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
bar:2011 from:0 till:1087 text:1,087,227
bar:2021 from:0 till:1131 text:1,131,359
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Notes and references

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External links

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