Las Palmas Province

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Las Palmas
Canary Islands ,  Spain
Coat of arms of the province of Las Palmas
coat of arms 		Flag of the Las Palmas Province
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Basic data
Autonomous Community : Canary Islands
Capital : Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Official language : Spanish
Area : 4,066 km²
Residents : 1,120,406 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density : 275.55 inhabitants / km²
ISO 3166-2 : ES-GC
Location of the province of Las Palmas
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Las Palmas is a Spanish province consisting of the Canary Islands Gran Canaria , Fuerteventura , Lanzarote , Alegranza , La Graciosa , Montaña Clara , Lobos , Roque del Este and Roque del Oeste . Together with the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife , it forms the autonomous community of Islas Canarias .

While most of the 50 provinces of Spain have a provincial representation, a provincial government and a provincial administration, there are only one province in the autonomous communities of Spain ( Asturias , Cantabria , La Rioja , Madrid , Murcia and Navarra ), as well as in the autonomous ones Communities of the Balearic and Canary Islands do not have such facilities.

Through the Statute of Autonomy of 1982, the tasks of provincial representation, provincial government and provincial administration of the provinces of Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria were transferred to the institutions of the Cabildos and the Comunidád Autónoma de Canarias . The provinces are also constituencies in electing the Cortes Generales .

The province's land area occupies 0.81% of Spain, ranks 46th among the 50 Spanish provinces. With 2.31% of the population of Spain, the province of Las Palmas ranks 12th.

Largest communities

As of January 1, 2019

local community Residents
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 379.925
Telde 102,647
Santa Lucía de Tirajana 73,328
Arrecife 62,988
San Bartolomé de Tirajana 53,443
Arucas 38,138
Puerto del Rosario 40,753
Ingenio 31,321
Agüimes 31,619
Gáldar 24,242

Population development of the province

Web links

Commons : Province of Las Palmas  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero . Population statistics from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (population update).
  2. ^ Estatuto de Autonomía de Canarias. (PDF; 375 kB) Ley Orgánica 10/1982, de 10 de agosto, reformada por Ley Orgánica 4/1996, de 30 de diciembre. In: BOE. Cortes Generales, December 30, 1996, accessed June 20, 2013 (Spanish).