Canary Islands

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The Canary Islands are a Spanish archipelago off the northwest coast of Africa, known for their volcanic landscapes, subtropical climate, and popularity as a tourist destination.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf archipelago
autonomous community of Spain
climate subtropical
coatOfArms Coat of arms of the Canary Islands
continent Africa
surface form: Africa (geographically)

Europe
surface form: Europe (politically)
country Spain
currency Euro
ethnicGroup Canary Islands self-linksurface differs
surface form: Canarians
flag Flag of the Canary Islands
governmentType autonomous community within parliamentary monarchy
hasActiveVolcano Cumbre Vieja
hasAirport Fuerteventura Airport
Gran Canaria Airport
La Palma Airport
Lanzarote Airport
Tenerife North Airport
Tenerife South Airport
hasCapital Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
hasIsland El Hierro
Fuerteventura
Gran Canaria
La Gomera
La Graciosa
La Palma
Lanzarote
Tenerife
hasIslandGroup Chinijo Archipelago
Lobos Island
hasLargestCity Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
hasOfficialLanguage Spanish
hasRegionalLanguage Canarian Spanish
hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite San Cristóbal de La Laguna
Teide
surface form: Teide National Park
highestPoint Teide
highestPointElevation 3715 m
highestPointLocatedOn Tenerife
historicalInhabitants Guanche people
knownFor beaches
mild climate
tourism
volcanic landscapes
locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
locatedNear Morocco
Spanish Sahara
surface form: Western Sahara
locatedOffCoastOf North Africa
surface form: Northwest Africa
majorAgriculturalProduct bananas
tomatoes
wine
majorEconomicSector agriculture
tourism
officialNameSpanish Canary Islands self-linksurface differs
surface form: Islas Canarias
partOf Macaronesia
partOfCountrySubdivision outermost region of the European Union
sovereignState Spain
timeZone Western European Time
timeZoneDST Western European Summer Time
volcanicOrigin hotspot volcanism

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La Gomera locatedIn Canary Islands
La Graciosa locatedIn Canary Islands
La Palma Airport locatedIn Canary Islands
Lanzarote Airport locatedIn Canary Islands
Las Palmas Naval Base locatedIn Canary Islands
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria locatedIn Canary Islands
Lobos Island locatedIn Canary Islands
San Cristóbal de La Laguna locatedIn Canary Islands
Santa Cruz de Tenerife locatedIn Canary Islands
Teide locatedIn Canary Islands
Tenerife North Airport locatedIn Canary Islands
Tenerife South Airport locatedIn Canary Islands
Cumbre Vieja location Canary Islands
Gando Air Base location Canary Islands
Teide mountainRange Canary Islands
this entity surface form: Canary Islands volcanic arc
Canary Current namedAfter Canary Islands
Canary Wharf namedAfter Canary Islands
Canary Islands officialNameSpanish Canary Islands self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Islas Canarias
Chinijo Archipelago partOf Canary Islands
this entity surface form: Autonomous community of the Canary Islands
La Palma partOf Canary Islands
Lanzarote partOf Canary Islands
Tenerife partOf Canary Islands
José de Anchieta patronage Canary Islands
Haredi Jews populationCenter Canary Islands
La Palma Airport region Canary Islands
this entity surface form: Canary Islands autonomous community
San Cristóbal de La Laguna region Canary Islands
this entity surface form: Autonomous community of the Canary Islands
Canarian Spanish regionOfOrigin Canary Islands
this entity surface form: Atlantic archipelago of the Canary Islands
Jet2.com regionServed Canary Islands
El Hierro regionalGovernment Canary Islands
this entity surface form: Canary Islands autonomous community
Canary Islands waters relatedTo Canary Islands
this entity surface form: Canary Islands archipelago
Flag of the Canary Islands represents Canary Islands
Gran Canaria Airport serves Canary Islands
Tenerife South Airport serves Canary Islands
Fuerteventura Airport servesRegion Canary Islands
Lanzarote Airport servesRegion Canary Islands
Tenerife North Airport servesRegion Canary Islands
Berber languages spokenIn Canary Islands
Canarian Spanish spokenIn Canary Islands
Tamazight (generic) spokenIn Canary Islands
Canary Islands waters surrounds Canary Islands
this entity surface form: Canary Islands archipelago
Crown of Castile territoryIncluded Canary Islands
this entity surface form: Autonomous community of the Canary Islands
Amazigh flag usedIn Canary Islands
Spanish peseta usedInTerritory Canary Islands