Gran Canaria (UK: /ˌɡræn kəˈnɛəriə, -ˈnɑːr-/, US: /ˌɡrɑːn kəˈnɑːriə, -ˈnɛər-/; Spanish: [ɡɾaŋ kaˈnaɾja] ), also Grand Canary Island, is the third-largest...
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Gran Canaria Airport (IATA: LPA, ICAO: GCLP) (Spanish: Aeropuerto de Gran Canaria) is a passenger and freight airport on the island of Gran Canaria. It...
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Club Baloncesto Gran Canaria – Claret, S.A.D., currently known as Dreamland Gran Canaria due to sponsorship, is a professional basketball club based in...
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Las Palmas (redirect from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas)
Spanish: [las ˈpalmas]), officially Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, is a Spanish city and capital of Gran Canaria, in the Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean...
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Estadio de Gran Canaria is a football stadium in Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain. It is currently used for football matches and is home to UD Las Palmas...
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Canary Islands (redirect from Canarias Autonomous Community)
islands are from largest to smallest in area, Tenerife, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, La Palma, La Gomera, and El Hierro. The only other populated...
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Province of Las Palmas (redirect from Las Palmas De Gran Canaria (province))
of the Canary Islands. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, capital city of this province and of the island of Gran Canaria, is the largest city in the Canary Islands...
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Puerto Rico de Gran Canaria is a holiday resort situated on the south-west coast of the Spanish island of Gran Canaria. Temperatures in the winter remain...
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Gran Canaria Arena, originally known as Palacio Multiusos de Gran Canaria, is an indoor sporting arena located in Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain. The...
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(Gran Canaria). Mummification was not commonly practiced throughout the islands but was highly developed on Tenerife in particular. In Gran Canaria there...
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Los Rodeos due to a bomb explosion at their intended destination of Gran Canaria Airport. The airport had become congested with parked airplanes blocking...
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Divisiones Regionales de Fútbol in Canary Islands (redirect from Primera Regional Aficionado Gran Canaria)
Interinsular Preferente de Tenerife (Level 6) Primera Regional Aficionado Gran Canaria (Level 7) Primera Regional Aficionado Fuerteventura (Level 7) Primera...
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Binter Canarias S.A. is the flag carrier of the Spanish autonomous community of the Canary Islands, based on the grounds of Gran Canaria Airport in Telde...
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Guía de Gran Canaria is a town and a municipality in Las Palmas province of the Canary Islands. It is located on the north side of Gran Canaria island...
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The Gran Telescopio Canarias (GranTeCan or GTC) is a 10.4 m (410 in) reflecting telescope located at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory on the island...
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Deportiva Las Palmas is a professional football club based in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain. The club competes in La Liga, the top division...
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de la Conquista de Gran Canaria [Chronology and Synthesis of the Conquest of Gran Canaria] (in Spanish). Las Palmas de Gran Canaria: Bilenio Publicaciones...
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In 1994 it merged with the Sociedad Industrial Canaria (Sical) based in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, which traced its roots back to the La Tropical brewery...
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The University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, also known as the ULPGC (Spanish Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria) is a Spanish public university...
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Carnival of Las Palmas (redirect from Carnival of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria)
Gran Canaria is one of the most famous carnivals of Spain. The event is celebrated every year in the month of February in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria....
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Mogán (redirect from Mogán, Gran Canaria)
and a Spanish municipality in the southwestern part of the island of Gran Canaria, which is one of the three main islands making up the Province of Las...
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morphometrics: evidence for a new robin taxon on Gran Canaria?". In it they concluded that Gran Canaria's robin diverged genetically from their European...
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Race of Champions (section Gran Canaria (1992–2003))
The event has taken place in several venues, including 12 years on Gran Canaria from 1992 to 2003. From 2004 to 2019, the event was held in major sporting...
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Atlantic canary (redirect from Serinus canaria)
common on Tenerife, La Gomera, La Palma and El Hierro, but more local on Gran Canaria, and rare on Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, where it has only recently...
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The Gran Canaria giant lizard (Gallotia stehlini) is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is found in the Canary Islands. The specific...
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Tren de Gran Canaria (TGC, the Train of Gran Canaria) is a proposed railway on the island of Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands. It is planned to run...
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Geology of the Canary Islands (section Gran Canaria)
of Northwest Africa. The main islands are Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Tenerife, La Gomera, La Palma, and El Hierro. There are also some minor...
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Maspalomas (category Populated places in Gran Canaria)
(Spanish: [maspaˈlomas]) is a tourist resort in the south of the island of Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, stretching from Bahía Feliz in the east to Meloneras...
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Axel Hotels (section Gran Canaria)
Club, Gran Canaria". Gay Star News. 2015-03-24. Retrieved 2019-04-04. Allen, Dan (2013-02-05). "Axel Set To Spin At Spain's Way Gay Gran Canaria". www...
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Teide in Tenerife, the Idafe Rock in La Palma, the Bentayga Rock in Gran Canaria or the mountain of Tindaya in Fuerteventura. They also held sacred the...
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