Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
municipality, city of the province of Las Palmas, and cocapital of the Canary Islands, Spain
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Summary
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria is a municipality of Spain[1]. It ranks in the top 0.27% of municipality of spain entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,322 views/month, #15 of 5,605).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Las Palmas[3]
- Country: Spain[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Atlantic Ocean[5]
- Head of government: Carolina Darias San Sebastián[6]
- Continent: Europe[7]
- Capital: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria[8]
- Shares border with: Arucas[9], Santa Brígida[10], Telde[11], Teror[12]
- Twinned administrative body: Rotterdam[13], San Antonio[14], Palma[15], Cádiz[16], Móstoles[17], Jerez de la Frontera[18], Chimbote[19], Salamanca[20], San Cristóbal de La Laguna[21], Garachico[22], Caracas[23], Altagracia de Orituco[24], Nouadhibou[25], Rabat[26]
- Postal code: 35001–35020[27]
- Commons category: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria[28]
- Licence plate code: GC[29]
- Patron saint: Cristo de la Vera Cruz (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria)[30], Saint Anne[31]
- Local dialing code: 928[32]
- Inception: 1833[33]
- Coordinate location: 28.127222222222, -15.431388888889[34]
- Located in/on physical feature: Canary Islands[35]
- Public holiday: June 24[36]
- Official website: http://www.laspalmasgc.es[37]
- Topic's main category: Category:Las Palmas[38]
- Commons gallery: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria[39]
- Population: 379,766[40], 382,296[41], 383,343[42], 383,308[43], 381,847[44], 381,123[45], 377,203[46], 377,056[47], 378,628[48], 376,953[49], 370,649[50], 364,777[51], 382,283[52], 378,998[53]
Why It Matters
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[54] It is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[55]