The Canrien Islands

The Canary Islands - archipelago of mountainous islands of the volcanic origin laid on the Atlantic Ocean to the north-west from coasts of Africa. These islands belong to Spain. The archipelago consists of seven main islands: Canaria Grain, Tenerife, Fuerteventura, Lanzarote, of Elas Hierro, La the Palm and the Gomera La and six smaller: Alegranza, Graciosa, Montaña Clara, Lobos, Roque the Este del and Roque Oeste del. Archipelago whom he is embracing seven bigger and six smaller desert islands, ancient Romen called Lucky Islands. Snowy Pico is the highest hill Teide del (3 718 n.p.m m). Tourists can reach the top on cableway.

The majority of smaller islands is unoccupied, or inhabited only periodically. He is filling 7293 ² km. 1 million of 526 thousand people is inhabiting it, from what on the Tenerife of 806 thousand, of inhabitants, Canarii 730 Grain of thousands, Lanzarote – 97 thousand, of Elas Hiero 10 thousands. Majority of inhabitants of the Canary Islands these are Spaniards, shoe in the century Frenchmen, XIV XV Genueni and Portugueses inhabited and islands. On these islands a Spanish tongue is used a president is the head of state Paulina Rivera Bauto (Canary Coalition). The Canary Islands have two capital cities: Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Palmas Forest de Canaria Grain. A euro is currency. Inhabitants of Islands are Catholics.
Islands people are dealing with the farming among others with cultivation of bananas, of citruses, of figs, of tomatoes, of grapevine and with fishery. 70 % of their profits it is a tourism.
The name of islands derives from the Latin word canis (dog), since on islands large herds of wild dogs prowled. Name of the bird the "canary" originates exactly from the name of the archipelago, not whereas on the contrary. 13 islands comprise the Canary Islands. It isn't number who is inspiring the enthusiasm of inhabitants, at least in ancient times these islands were being called Lucky Islands. But there is an odds that it will change. In the vicinity biggest of islands, of Tenerife rock who can be regarded appeared too 14 island, anyway behind her ovule. Islanders, are describing themselves as Canarians (Canario), at least between themselves are still distinguishing smaller "nations": Grancanarios – inhabitants of Canarii Parmesans, Tinerfeños – these are inhabitants of the Tenerife, Conejeros – Lazarote, Majoreros – Fuerteventury, Gomeros – Gomery, Palmeros – let us burn the La Palma, Herroños – Hierro.