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| Reef (Las Palmas)
 Guest  2009/6/17 15:13
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Reef is a municipality canary belonging to the county of Las Palmas. It is located in the east of the island of Lanzarote, of which is capital.He/she has an extension of 22,72 km² and a population of 53.920 inhabitants (National Institute of Statistic, 01-01 -2005). This surrounded of reefs and their port is the third of importance of the archipelago. Their altitude is of 20 meters on the sea level. Their climate is subtropical with scarce rains.The main parties take place August 25 in honor to San Ginés, pattern of the municipality.
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| Port of the Rock, AjuĂ Pajara
Guest 2009/6/17 15:15
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Pájara is a municipality canary belonging to the county of Las Palmas. Located partly of the center of the island of Fuerteventura, it also embraces the whole south of the island (peninsula of JandĂa).Natural monument AjuĂ: it already houses oceanic silts and fossils of marine animals missing, of scientific great interest. Natural park of JandĂa: it almost embraces the entirety of the peninsula of the same name. They have abundant endemismos, threatened species and species protected in flora and fauna. Natural monument Montaña CardĂłn: of scientific interest for their wealth florĂstica. Rural park of Betancuria: he/she extends for the municipalities of Betancuria, Port of Rosario, Antigua, Tuineje and Pájara. Their ecosystem favors the existence of aquatic birds. Place natural Beach of the Heath: just by 115 hectares it is a place of scientific high interest. Area of landfall of marine birds.
Author: Fab
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| Tenerife
Guest 2009/6/17 16:09
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Tenerife is an island located in the Ocean Atlantic in front of the African costs, and that it belongs to the Autonomous Community of Canaries (Spain). Next to The Palm, Gomera and The Iron conforms the county of Santa Cruz from Tenerife. Their capital is Santa Cruz from Tenerife.Tenerife is an island of volcanic origin whose birth can be located in the final periods of the Tertiary. He/she makes seven million years the areas of Teno, Anaga and Adeje they emerged, which united later on to each other until constituting the Dorsal Mountain range. In the center of the island, on the Boiler of The Narrow canyons, the imposing cone of Teide rises (3.718 meters), culminating point of the island and of the Spanish territory.The insular abrupt orography and their variety of climates give a territory of multiple landscapes and forms as a result, from the national Park of Teide
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| La Palma
Guest 2009/6/17 16:07
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The island of San Miguel of The Palm, generally denominated The Palm, is an island located in the Ocean Atlantic in front of the African costs, and that it is part of the archipelago canary (Spain). Their capital is Santa Cruz of The Palm. It belongs to the county of Santa Cruz from Tenerife (Autonomous Community of Canaries).Throughout the history The Palm has received historical numerous names. He/she can that Junonia Maior that harnesses in the text of Plinio the Old one makes reference to The Palm. The aboriginal ones denominated it Benahoare (my earth). At the moment they are very popular the nicknames of: The Beautiful Island or the Green Island.
Image courtesy of the Image Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center
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| Sabina in the island of The Iron
Guest 2009/6/17 16:06
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The Iron is the most southern in the Islands Canaries Spain. It belongs to the county of Santa Cruz from Tenerife (10.477 hab.) (01-01-2005). Their capital is Valverde, municipality where the Port of the Stake and the Airport of the Iron are located.The name of the island, Iron, in spite of what one can think comes from the aboriginal (Hero) language but, during the conquest, he/she transformed for similarity with the Castilian word.In the text of Plinio the Old (who took as source to Juba II) one where it is named to the islands Canaries, they appear a series of names. Although there is not anything that it indicates with security that this is this way, he/she is usually related to the island that he/she appears denominated as Capraria with the Iron. As for the term Capraria the debate rotates around three theories: the first that you/they identify to capraria with the great number of present goats in the island; the second speak of a transcription error, and since in the description that makes Plinio of the island it is said populated of big lizards, he/she can that the original term was Sauraria; the third make reference to the existence of the etnĂłnimo or name of tribe norteafricana caprarii, as well as of the Mounts Caprarienses.
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