Gran Canaria

Gran Canaria is the third largest island in the and has the largest population. It's often described as a "continent in miniature" because it has so much variety to offer.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Las Palmas and Telde.
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de Gran Canaria, or just , is the…
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is in .
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is in .

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Eastern Gran Canaria and Southern Gran Canaria.
The eastern part of Gran Canaria is the economically most important part of the island.
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The southern part of Gran Canaria is the tourist center of the island.
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is a large tourist metropolis right…
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is a holiday resort situated on the…
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is a picturesque fishing village and…
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is a sea resort on the south coast of the island of Gran Canaria, , .
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The northern part of the Gran Canaria is a mostly agricultural part of the island.
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The central part of Gran Canaria is part of a UNESCO biosphere reserve.

Gran Canaria

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Latitude of center
27.9726° or 27° 58′ 21″ north
Longitude of center
-15.5869° or 15° 35′ 13″ west
Geo­Names ID
2517107
Wiki­data ID
Q178925

Satellite Map

Discover this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Gran Canaria” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Gran Canaria”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Καναρία νῆσος”
  • Arabic: “جران كناريا”
  • Arabic: “غران كناريا”
  • Arabic: “كناريا الكبرى”
  • Aragonese: “Gran Canaria”
  • Armenian: “Գրան-Կանարիա”
  • Asturian: “Gran Canaria”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qran-Kanariya”
  • Basque: “Kanaria Handi”
  • Basque: “Kanaria Handia”
  • Belarusian: “востраў Гран-Канарыя”
  • Belarusian: “Гран-Канарыя”
  • Breton: “Gran Canaria”
  • Bulgarian: “Гран Канария”
  • Catalan: “Gran Canària”
  • Cebuano: “Isla de Gran Canaria”
  • Chinese: “大加那利岛”
  • Chinese: “大加那利島”
  • Croatian: “Gran Canaria”
  • Czech: “Gran Canaria”
  • Danish: “Gran Canaria”
  • Dutch: “Gran Canaria”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جران كناريا”
  • Esperanto: “Gran Canaria”
  • Esperanto: “Grankanario”
  • Estonian: “Gran Canaria”
  • Faroese: “Gran Canaria”
  • Finnish: “Gran Canaria”
  • French: “Gran Canaria”
  • French: “Grande Canarie”
  • Galician: “Gran Canaria”
  • Georgian: “გრან-კანარია”
  • German: “Gran Canaria”
  • German: “Miniaturkontinent Gran Canaria”
  • Greek: “Γκραν Κανάρια”
  • Hebrew: “גראן קנריה”
  • Hungarian: “Gran Canaria”
  • Icelandic: “Gran Canaria”
  • Inari Sami: “Gran Canaria”
  • Indonesian: “Gran Canaria”
  • Interlingue: “Gran Canaria”
  • Irish: “Gran Canaria”
  • Italian: “Gran Canaria”
  • Japanese: “グラン・カナリア”
  • Japanese: “グラン・カナリア島”
  • Kannada: “ಗ್ರ್ಯಾಂಡ್ ಕನೇರಿ ದ್ವೀಪ”
  • Korean: “그란 카나리아 섬”
  • Korean: “그란 카나리아”
  • Latin: “Canaria”
  • Latin: “Gran Canaria”
  • Latin: “Insula Canaria”
  • Latvian: “Grankanārija”
  • Lithuanian: “Gran Kanarija”
  • Luxembourgish: “Gran Canaria”
  • Macedonian: “Гран Канарија”
  • Malay: “Gran Canaria”
  • Marathi: “ग्रान केनेरिया”
  • Northern Frisian: “Gran Canaria”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gran Canaria”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Grand Canaria”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Granka”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vulkanøya Gran Canaria”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gran Canaria”
  • Norwegian: “Gran Canaria”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Grand Canària”
  • Ossetian: “Гран-Канари”
  • Persian: “گران کاناریا”
  • Polish: “Gran Canaria”
  • Portuguese: “Grã-Canária”
  • Portuguese: “Gran Canária”
  • Portuguese: “Grande canária”
  • Romanian: “Gran Canaria”
  • Russian: “Гран Канариа”
  • Russian: “Гран-Канария”
  • Samogitian: “Gran Kanarėjė”
  • Sardinian: “Gran Canària”
  • Scots: “Gran Canaria”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Gran Canaria”
  • Serbian: “Гран Канарија”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Gran Canaria”
  • Slovak: “Gran Canaria”
  • Slovenian: “Gran Canaria”
  • Spanish: “Gran Canaria”
  • Spanish: “Isla de Gran Canaria”
  • Spanish: “Tamarán”
  • Swahili: “Gran Canaria”
  • Swedish: “Gran Canaria”
  • Swedish: “Gran Kanaria”
  • Swedish: “Tamarán”
  • Tatar: “Гран-Канария”
  • Thai: “เกาะกรันกานาเรีย”
  • Turkish: “Gran Canaria”
  • Ukrainian: “Гран-Канарія”
  • Urdu: “گران کیناریا”
  • Vietnamese: “Gran Canaria”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Gran Canaria”
  • Welsh: “Gran Canaria”
  • Western Mari: “Гран-Канари”
  • Wu Chinese: “大加那利岛”
  • Yoruba: “Gran Canaria”
  • Yoruba: “Grand Canary”
  • Yue Chinese: “大加那利島”
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