14 Facts About Canary Islanders

1. The Canary Islanders Islands were formerly home to a population of the rarest pinniped in the world, the Mediterranean monk seal.

2. At present, the Canary Islanders Islands is the only autonomous community in Spain that has two capitals: Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, since the Statute of Autonomy of the Canary Islands was created in 1982.

3. The Canary Islanders Islands is the only place in Spain where volcanic eruptions have been recorded during the Modern Era, with some volcanoes still active.

4. The Canary Islanders Islands is the largest and most populated archipelago of the Macaronesia region.

5. In 1927, the Province of Canary Islanders Islands was split into two provinces.

6. The Canary Islanders Islands, which are known informally as the Canaries, are among the outermost regions of the European Union proper.

7. The Canary Islanders Islands government want to offer tax breaks to Britons to encourage them to the Spain-owned archipelago after Brexit.

8. The Canary Islanders Islands' manufacturing industries are small-scale outside Santa Cruz de Tenerife, whose petroleum refinery processes large quantities of crude oil.

9. The Canary Islanders Islands were formed by volcanic eruptions millions of years ago.

10. Christopher Columbus used the Canary Islanders Islands as a stopover when en route to the Americas.

11. The Canary Islanders Islands are one of the most popular European holiday destinations and are visited by millions of people every year.

12. The Canary Islanders Islands have shown that size needn't be a barrier to business success, especially as they are home to just over two million people.

13. The Canary Islanders Islands are one of the safest places on the planet.

14. At present, there are in the Canary Islanders Islands a figure of approximately 70,000 Muslims and 40 mosques and places of worship throughout the archipelago.