Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

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 (1,490 views/month, #15 of 5,605).^[2]

Key Facts

• Las Palmas de Gran Canaria is located in Las Palmas^[3].
• Las Palmas de Gran Canaria is in the country of Spain^[4].
• Las Palmas de Gran Canaria is on the body of water Atlantic Ocean^[5].
• Las Palmas de Gran Canaria's head of government is recorded as Carolina Darias San Sebastián^[6].
• Las Palmas de Gran Canaria is on the continent of Europe^[7].
• Las Palmas de Gran Canaria's instance of is recorded as municipality of Spain^[8].
• Las Palmas de Gran Canaria's capital is recorded as Las Palmas de Gran Canaria^[9].
• Las Palmas de Gran Canaria's shares border with is recorded as Arucas^[10].
• Las Palmas de Gran Canaria's shares border with is recorded as Santa Brígida^[11].
• Las Palmas de Gran Canaria's shares border with is recorded as Telde^[12].
• Las Palmas de Gran Canaria's shares border with is recorded as Teror^[13].
• Las Palmas de Gran Canaria's twinned administrative body is recorded as Rotterdam^[14].
• Las Palmas de Gran Canaria's twinned administrative body is recorded as San Antonio^[15].
• Las Palmas de Gran Canaria's twinned administrative body is recorded as Palma^[16].
• Las Palmas de Gran Canaria's twinned administrative body is recorded as Cádiz^[17].
• Las Palmas de Gran Canaria's twinned administrative body is recorded as Móstoles^[18].
• Las Palmas de Gran Canaria's twinned administrative body is recorded as Jerez de la Frontera^[19].
• Las Palmas de Gran Canaria's twinned administrative body is recorded as Chimbote^[20].
• Las Palmas de Gran Canaria's twinned administrative body is recorded as Salamanca^[21].
• Las Palmas de Gran Canaria's twinned administrative body is recorded as San Cristóbal de La Laguna^[22].
• Las Palmas de Gran Canaria's twinned administrative body is recorded as Garachico^[23].
• Las Palmas de Gran Canaria's twinned administrative body is recorded as Caracas^[24].
• Las Palmas de Gran Canaria's twinned administrative body is recorded as Altagracia de Orituco^[25].
• Las Palmas de Gran Canaria's twinned administrative body is recorded as Nouadhibou^[26].
• Las Palmas de Gran Canaria's twinned administrative body is recorded as Rabat^[27].

Body

Founding

1833 marks the founding of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria^[28].

Why It Matters

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria ranks in the top 0.27% of municipality_of_spain entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,490 views/month, #15 of 5,605).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[29] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[30]