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    La Gomera (Spanish: [la ɣoˈmeɾa] ) is one of Spain's Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa. With an area of 370.03 km2 (142.87 sq mi)...
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    Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera (Spanish pronunciation: [peˈɲon de ˈβeleθ ðe la ɣoˈmeɾa]; Arabic: حجر بديس, romanized: Hajar Badis) is a Spanish exclave and...
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    La Gomera Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto de La Gomera) (IATA: GMZ, ICAO: GCGM) is an airport located near the town of Playa Santiago on the island of La...
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    Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Tenerife, La Gomera, La Palma, and El Hierro. There are also some minor islands and islets: La Graciosa, Lobos, and the Chinijo...
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    San Sebastián de La Gomera is the capital and a municipality of La Gomera in the Canary Islands, Spain. It also hosts the main harbour. The population...
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    Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, La Palma, La Gomera, and El Hierro. The only other populated island is La Graciosa, which administratively is dependent...
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    The 2012 Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera incident was a territorial incident that involved Spain and Morocco, the second fought in the 21st century after...
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  • The conquest of peñón de Vélez de la Gomera by the Hispanic Monarchy happened in 1564. It succeeded a failed expedition the previous year, and resulted...
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    Silbo Gomero (redirect from Silbo Gomera)
    ("the whistle"), is a whistled register of Spanish used by inhabitants of La Gomera in the Canary Islands, historically used to communicate across the deep...
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  • as Ferry Gomera, S.A. The first sailing took place July 8, 1974, when a ferry set sail from the Gomeran capital of San Sebastian de La Gomera for the town...
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  • islands of the western province: Tenerife, La Palma, La Gomera and El Hierro. Its capital is San Cristóbal de La Laguna (1819–present). Around 5 percent...
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    expedition was launched to reconquer the exclave of Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera, which was under the control of the Ottomans. The campaign ended in a...
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    OurAirports El Berriel Aeroc Airport (GCLB) @ OurAirports San Sebastián De La Gomera Heliport (GCGO) @ OurAirports Hospital Universitario De Canarias Heliport...
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  • La Gomera is the second-smallest of Spain's Canary Islands. La Gomera may also refer to: La Gomera, Escuintla, a municipality in the Escuintla department...
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    expedition was launched to reconquer the exclave of Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera, which was taken by the Moroccan Wattasids in 1522. The campaign ended...
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    for her participation in films like The ideal city, Tales of Tales and La Gomera, as well as television series Un passo dal cielo, CSI and Inspector Coliandro...
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    The Gomera Socialist Group (Spanish: Agrupación Socialista Gomera, ASG) is a minor political party in Spain operating on the island of La Gomera in the...
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    The La Gomera giant lizard (Gallotia bravoana) is a lacertid (wall lizard) species that can be found on the island of La Gomera, one of the Canary Islands...
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  • The Whistlers (Spanish: La Gomera) is a 2019 Romanian crime thriller film directed by Corneliu Porumboiu and starring Vlad Ivanov. It premiered in competition...
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    Canarian customs and traditions, such as Silbo (the whistled language of La Gomera Island), as well as some lexicon of Canarian Spanish. Some scholars have...
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  • As there was no guidebook to La Gomera available in English, Hart wrote, and took most of the photographs for, La Gomera: A Guide to the Unspoiled Canary...
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    corresponding to the islands of El Hierro, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, La Gomera, La Palma, Lanzarote and Tenerife, as well as an additional constituency...
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    Canaria (Gran Canaria), Insula del infernio (Tenerife), insula de gomera (La Gomera), insula de lo fero (El Hierro). The name 'tenerefiz' is first given...
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    landlord. He took part, among others, in the seizure of the rock of Vélez de la Gomera (1564), the relief to the besieged during the Great Siege of Malta (1565)...
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    around the Spanish territories of Ceuta (8 km; 5 miles), Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera (75 metres; 80 yards) and Melilla (10.5 km; 6½ miles). Spanish islets...
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    discovering authentic villages, and venturing to neighboring islands like La Gomera. Water enthusiasts can enjoy jet skiing, snorkeling, and boat trips, while...
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    1502 in current Western Sahara), Mazalquivir (1505), Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera (1508), Oran (1509–1708; 1732–1792), Algiers (1510–1529), Bugia (1510–1554)...
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    The Gomero wall gecko or La Gomera gecko (Tarentola gomerensis), also known as perenquén in the Canary Islands, is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae...
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    was inhabited by the Canarii, El Hierro by the Bimbaches, La Palma by the Auaritas and La Gomera by the Gomeros. Evidence does seem to suggest that inter-insular...
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    Volcan of La Corona Caldera Los Arrabales Calderón Hondo Lobos Island Volcanic Field Massif of Betancuria Massif of Haler Montaña Blanca Montaña de La Arena...
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