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To bring in revenue for environmental protection, innovation, training and water sanitation a tourist tax was considered in 2018, along with a doubling of the ecotax and restrictions on holiday rents in the zones with the greatest pressure of demand. [127] Main articles: Conquest of the Canary Islands, Kingdom of the Canary Islands, Crown of Castile, and Kingdom of Portugal The name of the islands is not derived from the canary bird; rather, the birds are named after the islands. Passengers in airports". Archived from the original on 13 November 2010 . Retrieved 31 January 2020.
In the 1960s, Gran Canaria was selected as the location for one of the 14 ground stations in the Manned Space Flight Network (MSFN) to support the NASA space program. Maspalomas Station, located in the south of the island, took part in a number of space missions including the Apollo 11 Moon landings and Skylab. Today it continues to support satellite communications as part of the ESA network. [160] Su Origen". Gran Enciclopedia Virtual Islas Canarias (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 10 November 2018 . Retrieved 7 January 2019– via www.gevic.net.Cabildo announce changes to reduce massive traffic jams caused by GC1 daytime resurfacing work | The Canary – News, Views & Sunshine". Archived from the original on 31 January 2020 . Retrieved 31 January 2020.
Custodio, Emilio; Albiac, José; Cermerón, Manuel; Hernández, Marta; Llamas, M. Ramón; Sahuquillo, Andrés (1 September 2017). "Groundwater mining: benefits, problems and consequences in Spain". Sustainable Water Resources Management. 3 (3): 213–226. doi: 10.1007/s40899-017-0099-2. S2CID 132272387. Main article: Canary Islands in pre-colonial times Guanche mummy of a woman (830AD). Museo de la Naturaleza y el Hombre, Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Already in 1723, the Captain General of the Canary Islands Lorenzo Fernandez de Villavicencio had moved the headquarters of the General Captaincy of the Canary Islands from San Cristóbal de La Laguna to Santa Cruz de Tenerife. This decision continued without pleasing the society of the island of Gran Canaria. [100] It would be after the creation of the Province of Canary Islands in November 1833 in which Santa Cruz would become the first fully official capital of the Canary Islands ( De jure and not of de facto as happened previously). [13] [16] Santa Cruz de Tenerife would be the capital of the Canary archipelago until during the Government of General Primo de Rivera in 1927 the Province of Canary Islands was split in two provinces: Las Palmas with capital in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, and Santa Cruz de Tenerife with capital in the homonymous city. Aprobado el avance del proyecto del tren del norte de Tenerife con 7 paradas entre Los Realejos y S/C". Canarias7. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017.First Light for Laser Guide Star Technology Collaboration". European Southern Observatory. Archived from the original on 24 February 2015 . Retrieved 16 February 2015.
The regional executive body, the Parliament of the Canary Islands, is presided over by Fernando Clavijo Batlle ( Canarian Coalition), the current President of the Canary Islands. The latter is invested by the members of the regional legislature, the Parliament of the Canary Islands, that consists of 70 elected legislators. The last regional election took place in May 2023. According to Statista in 2019, there are 75,662 Muslims in Canary Islands. [116] Statistics [ edit ]Flag of Unión Deportiva Lanzarote, as seen in Teguise, 6 February 2011 - Image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 February 2011 Spain gave permission in August 2014 for Repsol and its partners to explore oil and natural gas prospects off the Canary Islands, involving an investment of €7.5billion over four years, to commence at the end of 2016. Repsol at the time said the area could ultimately produce 100,000 barrels of oil a day, which would meet 10 percent of Spain's energy needs. [128] However, the analysis of samples obtained did not show the necessary volume nor quality to consider future extraction, and the project was scrapped. [129] La población de Canarias se ha multiplicado por trece en los últimos 250 años". Canarias7.es. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015 . Retrieved 22 February 2011. There are two versions of the flag that identify the region, one has the coat of arms of the Canary Islands in the centre of the flag, and the other is blank, which corresponds to the description given in the Statute of Autonomy. Autonomous Community flag of the Canary Islands Flag of the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands. Flag ratio: 2:3 Flag of the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands with coat of arms. Flag ratio: 2:3 Flag of the Maritime Province of the Canary Islands, which is based on the current Flag of Tenerife. Flags of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain and the Canary Islands
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