It covers approximately 29 km 2 and is home to over people. The island is within the Chinijo Archipelago Natural Park. Tenerife is the largest island of the Canary Archipelago, spanning 2, km 2. Fuerteventura is the archipelago's second-largest island, spanning 1, km 2. The other Canarian Egyptian vulture population is on Lanzarote Island.
Fuerteventura is home to about , people. Gran Canaria is the third-largest island of the Canary Archipelago, covering 1, km 2. The islands were discovered for the Western world by King Juba II in the first century BCE, who is reported to have found the islands uninhabited but bearing traces of previous human settlement.
In the late Middle Ages, the Europeans began exploring the islands, encountering several Indigenous peoples. The Guanche and Canario peoples that the Europeans encountered likely shared their origins with the Berber peoples of North Africa.
In the 14th century, explorers from Portugal, Mallorca, and Genoa visited the islands frequently. In the early 15th century, the Castilians began their conquest of the Canaries. Lanzarote was the first island to be conquered, followed by Fuerteventura. After the successful Castilian conquest, the Castilians imposed several measures, including single-crop cultivation.
Several cities, such as Las Palmas and Santa Cruz de Tenerife were established as important stopovers for Spanish conquistadors heading to the New World. In the 17th and 18th centuries, Barbary pirates attacked and took captive several islanders, mostly in La Gomera and Lanzarote. Today, the archipelago is home to close to 2. The region has a population density of people per km 2. Tenerife is the most populated island, with , people, followed by Gran Canaria with , people.
Lanzarote and Fuerteventura have at least , people each, while the other three islands have a combined population of about , people. About , people live in Las Palmas, while Santa Cruz de Tenerife is home to about , people.
About 12 million tourists visit the Canaries annually. The main exports from the islands are tobacco and banana, with Europe and the Americas as the main market. Foreign direct investment, especially in tourist hotels, and European funds were the main economic drivers during this period.
There are eight airports on the Canary Archipelago, with Gran Canaria Airport as the largest airport. The islands are an autonomous community of Spain , and the closest countries on the African continent are Morocco and Western Sahara.
Map created by Mysid. Click image to enlarge. If you view the enlarged version of this image, you will be able to clearly see calderas and radial drainage patterns that reveal their volcanic origin. Pico del Teide volcano , which is the highest peak in Spain, rises to an altitude of 12, feet meters above sea level.
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