Las Palmas de Gran Canaria is a
Spanish city, the capital city of
Gran Canaria which is one of the
Canary Islands, in the
Atlantic Ocean, 210 kilometers located off the northwestern coast of
Africa. It is also the capital of the
province of
Las Palmas and co-capital of the
autonomous community of the Canary Islands. The population of the city of Las Palmas was 377,056 as of
2006, making it the largest city in the Canary Islands and the eighth most populous city in Spain. The population of the whole urban area was estimated in 2005 to be 723,629, ranking as the eighth largest metropolitan area in Spain. (Gran Canaria island had 807,049 inhabitants in 2006).
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