Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

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Las Palmas de Gran Canaria is a major Spanish port city on the island of Gran Canaria, known for its historic old town, urban beaches, and role as an economic and cultural hub of the Canary Islands.

Observed surface forms (4)


Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city
municipality
capitalOf province of Las Palmas
surface form: Province of Las Palmas
climateClassification BWh
coCapitalOf Canary Islands
continent Europe
country Spain
demonym Canarión
Palmense
foundedBy Juan Rejón
foundedIn 1478
governingBody Ayuntamiento de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
hasAirportAccess Gran Canaria Airport
hasBeach Las Alcaravaneras Beach
Las Canteras Beach
hasCathedral Cathedral of Santa Ana
hasClimate subtropical desert climate
hasFestival Carnival of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
hasHistoricDistrict Triana
Vegueta
hasIsland Gran Canaria
hasMuseum Canary Museum
Casa de Colón
hasPort Port of Las Palmas
hasSea Atlantic Ocean
hasTheatre Teatro Pérez Galdós
hasUniversityCampus University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
hasUrbanArea Las Palmas de Gran Canaria self-linksurface differs
surface form: Las Palmas metropolitan area
isCulturalHubOf Canary Islands
isEconomicHubOf Canary Islands
isLargestCityIn Canary Islands
isMajorPort true
isTouristDestination true
knownFor cruise tourism
historic old town
shipping and logistics
urban beaches
locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Canary Islands
Gran Canaria
locatedOn northeast coast of Gran Canaria
officialLanguage Spanish
partOf province of Las Palmas
surface form: Province of Las Palmas
portAlsoKnownAs Port of Las Palmas
surface form: Puerto de la Luz
postalCodePrefix 350
sharesCapitalStatusWith Santa Cruz de Tenerife
timeZone Western European Time
timeZoneDST Western European Summer Time
usesCurrency Euro

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gran Canaria capital Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Gran Canaria Airport cityServed Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Marines garrison Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
subject surface form: Marines (Spanish Navy)
this entity surface form: Las Palmas, Canary Islands
Canary Islands hasCapital Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Gran Canaria hasCity Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Canary Islands hasLargestCity Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria hasUrbanArea Las Palmas de Gran Canaria self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Las Palmas metropolitan area
Gran Canaria largestCity Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Las Palmas Naval Base locatedIn Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Fuerteventura Airport locatedInProvince Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
this entity surface form: Las Palmas
Gando Air Base locatedNear Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Gran Canaria Airport locatedSouthOf Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Macaronesia majorCity Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Javier Bardem placeOfBirth Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
this entity surface form: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain
F. W. Maitland placeOfDeath Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
this entity surface form: Las Palmas
Lobos Island province Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
this entity surface form: Las Palmas
Gran Canaria Airport serves Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Santa Cruz de Tenerife sharesCapitalStatusWith Las Palmas de Gran Canaria