The Canary Islands,also known informally as the Canaries,are a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago in Macaronesia in the Atlantic Ocean. At their closest point to the African mainland,they are 100 kilometres west of Morocco and the Western Sahara. They are the southernmost of the autonomous communities of Spain. The islands have a population of 2.2 million people and are the most populous special territory of the European Union.
Las Palmas,officially Las Palmas de Gran Canaria,is a Spanish city and capital of Gran Canaria,in the Canary Islands,in the Atlantic Ocean.
Unión Deportiva Las Palmas,commonly referred to as UD Las Palmas or 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 in the Spanish football league system. Nicknamed Los Amarillos,the club was founded on 22 August 1949 as a result of a merger between five clubs in the Canary region. The club initially played in the Estadio Insular before hosting their home matches at the Estadio Gran Canaria in 2003.
Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Club de Fútbol was a Spanish football team based in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria,in the Canary Islands. Founded in 1994 as Vegueta-Universidad,it was dissolved in 2011 due to insurmountable economic problems.
JoséJoaquín Moreno Verdú,known as Josico,is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a defensive midfielder,currently a manager.
Jerónimo Saavedra Acevedo was a Spanish politician and academic. He served as President of the Canary Islands twice,from 1983 to 1987,and again from 1991 to 1993.
Canarias7 is a Spanish language daily newspaper headquartered in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria,Canary Islands. It was first published on 2 October 1982. The paper is part of Informaciones Canarias S.A. (Inforcasa).
The 2011 Canarian regional election was held on Sunday,22 May 2011,to elect the 8th Parliament of the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands. All 60 seats in the Parliament were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.
The 2007 Canarian regional election was held on Sunday,27 May 2007,to elect the 7th Parliament of the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands. All 60 seats in the Parliament were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.
The 2019 Canarian regional election was held on Sunday,26 May 2019,to elect the 10th Parliament of the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands. All 70 seats in the Parliament were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in eleven other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain,as well as the 2019 European Parliament election.
Carolina Darias San Sebastián is a Spanish civil servant and Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) politician who served as minister of Health of Spain from 2021 to 2023. Before that,from 2020 to 2021,she served as Minister of Territorial Policy and Civil Service under Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.
NoemíSantana Perera is a member of the Podemos party and its spokesperson in the Parliament of the Canary Islands.
Tren de Gran Canaria is a proposed railway on the island of Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands. It is planned to run from the island's capital,Las Palmas along the eastern coast of the island,serving Gran Canaria Airport and terminating in Maspalomas. First announced in 2004,construction on the line has not yet commenced due to funding difficulties.
The Elder Museum of Science and Technology is a museum in Las Palmas,the capital city of Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands.
In the run up to the 2019 Spanish local elections,various organisations carried out opinion polling to gauge voting intention in local entities in Spain. Results of such polls for municipalities and island cabildos in the Canary Islands are displayed in this article. The date range for these opinion polls is from the previous local elections,held on 24 May 2015,to the day the next elections were held,on 26 May 2019.
The 2023 Canarian regional election was held on Sunday,28 May 2023,to elect the 11th Parliament of the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands. All 70 seats in the Parliament were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in eleven other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.
The GC-3,known officially as Circunvalación de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria is a superhighway in Gran Canaria. It connects the two trunk roads GC-1 and GC-2 over a length of 13 km (8.1 mi). A good half of the north-south traffic on the island is now handled by the GC-3,which significantly relieves the Avenida Marítima and the Túnel del Ingeniero Julio Luengo.
In the run up to the 2023 Spanish local elections,various organisations carry out opinion polling to gauge voting intention in local entities in Spain. Results of such polls for municipalities and island cabildos in the Canary Islands are displayed in this article. The date range for these opinion polls is from the previous local elections,held on 26 May 2019,to the day the next elections will be held,on 28 May 2023.
Borja Casillas Toledo, known professionally as Drag Sethlas, is a Spanish drag performer known for competing on season 2 ofDrag Race España and winning season 1 of Drag Race España All Stars,as well as winning the Drag Queen Gala of the Carnival of Las Palmas in 2017 and 2020.
Cristina Valido García is a member of Canarian Coalition who serves as the party's deputy in the Spanish Congress of Deputies since July 2023. In 2017,Valido served as the counselor of employment and politics in the government of the Canary Islands under President Fernando Clavijo Batlle.
