What is "las palmas"

Las Palmas ( or , , ), officially Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, is a city and capital of Spanish Grand Canary island, in the Canary Islands, off the north-western coast of Africa.

It is the co-capital (jointly with Santa Cruz de Tenerife), the most populous city in the autonomous community of the Canary Islands, and the ninth largest city in Spain with a population of 383,308 in 2010. It is also the fifth most populous urban area in Spain and (depending on sources) ninth or tenth most populous metropolitan area in Spain. Las Palmas is the largest city of the European Union lying outside the European continent.

Las Palmas is located in the north-eastern part of the island of Grand Canary, about off the Moroccan coast of Africa in the Atlantic Ocean. It enjoys a very mild and pleasant semi-arid climate highly influenced by the Atlantic Ocean, with mild to warm temperatures throughout the year. Locals know it as the "Eternal Spring", with an average annual temperature of . According to a study carried out by Thomas Whitmore, director of research on climatology at Syracuse University in the U.S., Las Palmas enjoys "the best climate in the world".

The city was founded in 1478, and considered the de facto (without legal recognition) capital of the Canary Islands until the seventeenth century. Today, the city is co-capital of the Canary Islands with Santa Cruz. It homes the Canarian Ministry of Presidency (shared in a 4-year term with Santa Cruz de Tenerife), as well as half of the Ministries and Boards of the Canarian Government, and the High Court of Justice of the Canary Islands. Thus it is the judicial and commercial capital of the Canary Islands, and is also home to a large part of the executive power.

Las Palmas, commonly refers to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, a city in the Canary Islands, Spain.

Las Palmas may also refer to:

Las Palmas is one of the 52 electoral districts (circunscripciónes) used for the Spanish Congress of Deputies - the lower chamber of the Spanish Parliament, the Cortes Generales. It was first contested in modern times in the 1977 General Election and covers the Eastern part of the Canary Islands. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria is the largest municipality, accounting for over 40% of the electorate

Las Palmas is one of the forty sectors of Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

According to the 2000 United States Census, Las Palmas has a population of 2,772 people. It is home to the Las Casas Public Housing Project.