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Encyclopedia Britannica



GRAND CANARY (Gran Canaria)

This article appears in Volume V12, Page 347 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: GOA-GRA
GRAND CANARY (Gran Canaria) , an
island
  in the
Atlantic
  Ocean, forming part of the Spanish archipelago of the
Canary
  Islands (q.v.). Pop. (1900) 127,471; area 523 sq. m. Grand
Canary
 , the most fertile
island
  of the group, is nearly circular in shape, with a
diameter
  of 24 M. and a circumference of 75 M. The interior is a
mass
  of
mountain
  with ravines radiating to the shore. Its highest
peak
 , Los Pexos, is 6400 ft. Large tracts are covered with native pine (P. canariensis). There are several
mineral
  springs on the island. Las Palmas (pop. 44,517), the
capital
 , is described in a
separate
  article. 'Telde (8978), the second place in the island, stands on a plain, surrounded by palm trees. At Atalaya, a short distance from Las Palmas, the making of earthenware vessels employs some hundreds of people, who inhabit holes made in the tufa.


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