Gran Canaria

Spanish island in the North Atlantic

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Gran Canaria, also Grand Canary Island, is the third-largest and second-most-populous island of the Canary Islands, an archipelago off the Atlantic coast of Northwest Africa and is part of Spain. As of 2023 the island had a population of 862,893 that constitutes approximately 40% of the population of the archipelago. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, the capital of the island, is the biggest city of the Canary Islands and the ninth of Spain.

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More than 300 migrants arrive in Gran Canaria by boat in less than 24 hours Spain's Interior Ministry says the number of migrants making the dangerous sea crossing from Africa to the Canary Islands jumped by 160% between January and July compared to the same period last year. Credit: euronews (in English) Duration: 01:05Published 1 week ago

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Missing vessel carrying hundreds of migrants 'possibly' found A fishing vessel with around 200 migrants on board which has been missing for nearly two weeks may have been located south of Gran Canaria, Spanish officials have said. Sky News - Published on July 10, 2023
Flight diverted so passengers could go to the toilet A flight from Gran Canaria to Manchester had to be diverted so that passengers could go to the toilet. Sky News - Published on November 4, 2022