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translation

As of the time this is written, I have started translating this article, since no one has come forward and it's up for deletion soon enough. No problem, I'm a translator, and so is my mom :)

Diego440 17:08, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)

I made a change to the last paragraph of the article; it mentioned some of the attractions of the islands. It needed an update because one of the attractions mentioned, Dedo de Dios, was destroyed by Tropical Storm Delta a couple of days ago. I also tried to make Delta's name link to the correct page, but apparently I'm not that sophisticated at this yet because it didn't work, so I changed it back and let it continue linking to the disambiguation page. Toroca 02:46, 3 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

500 BC is more accurate than 3000 BC

Friends, today anybody defend 3000, but 500 BC

-Fco

Several things I'd like to point out.

Fist - Guanches refer to the native inhabitants of Tenerife island. Old Gran Canarians were known as "canarians" or "canarii".

Most probably the name of Tamaran only refered to one part of the island (namely Southwest, ie the area comprising from Maspalomas to Mogan more or less). The name was Canaria, see Viera Y Clavijo "Historia de la Conquista de Canarias" (still quite valuable) and other present-day works

I have not edited anything but simply would like the authors to correct those misconceptions.

JPJ

Only the geologist refer to the southwest portion "Tamarán". The island always have one name, and was "Canaria". --Bentaguayre 18:36, 12 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I am from Gran Canaria. I have participated in some sections (Flora f.e.) in the spanish version of Gran Canaria. I would like to help to improve this information about the island. How could I start? I am not english native, but I have medium level. My idea is to sum up some sections from the spanish version in order to translate them to complete this article. Thanks a lot.

Hello, I am from Gran Canaria. I have participated in some sections (Flora f.e.) in the spanish version of Gran Canaria. I would like to help to improve this information about the island. How could I start? Thanks a lot. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Smarlor (talk • contribs) 22:46, 25 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

hey

Is Gran Canaria a country?

- Patelco

No in any way. --Bentaguayre 18:34, 12 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"rarely Grand Canary (archaic)"

"rarely Grand Canary (archaic)" - isn't this so rare and archaic that it's not even worth including in the opening line?

Britannica deems it worthy of inclusion: http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9037642/Gran-Canaria --85.181.226.141 (talk) 13:33, 14 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

A section on 'Tourism'?

I would object to including the whole section on 'Tourism', which would be more fitting to a travel guide, not an encyclopedia. I understand that the inhabitants of Gran Canaria are proud of their island and make money out of tourism, but I don't think an encyclopedia is the right place to publicize touristic attractions. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Polifemo (talk • contribs) 11:03, 9 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Plenty of other Wikipedia pages have sections on tourism, but they are integrated into a larger discussion on economy. I have to admit, it's a few years on and parts of the page do read like a brochure as a few people have said here and below. ZarhanFastfire (talk) 18:21, 31 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Info for disabled on the 'homepage' of Gran Canaria?

There's quite a bit of info for disabled people on the homepage, which would be better at a sub page or am I wrong? 88.28.224.222 (talk) 11:18, 27 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, one could question the whole encyclopedicity of information aimed at the disabled. Would be nice in like Wikitravel, but not maybe something I'd put in Wikipedia hydrox (talk) 15:05, 14 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Mistake

The former inhabitants of island were canarii not Canarios. Canarios it is the current genticidio for the whole archipelago, verify it in the web page in Spanish.

City las palmas

Las Palmas de GC is not the largest city in the Canary Islands, is only the most populated. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.49.250.148 (talk) 16:03, 1 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not Much on Volcanoes

There is not much on volcanoes. Can someone add a section on it? Guanlongwucaii (talk) 07:46, 6 May 2009 (UTC)Guanlongwucaii[reply]

Just added some basic info on volcanic periods and such. Hope that provides a starting point :) --Mariannep (talk) 12:27, 4 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

population and name of the island

Despite its name Gran Canaria is not the largest island in the archipelago, which is Tenerife. Gran Canaria is the most populated island of province and the second most populated island of the Canary Islands, after Tenerife.^[1]

Check the wikipedia page in Spanish: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gran_Canaria —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.148.88.210 (talk) 18:04, 31 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Cifra de población referida al 01/01/2008 según el Instituto Nacional de Estadística

poblation

Gran Canaria is the second most populated island of the Canary Islands, after Tenerife.^[1] http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gran_Canaria —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.154.235.217 (talk) 14:45, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Cifra de población referida al 01/01/2008 según el Instituto Nacional de Estadística

At part, you guys sound like a brochure.

"This island is called a "Miniature Continent" due to the different climates and variety of landscapes found, with its long golden beaches and endless dunes of white sand, its green ravines and picturesque villages." Reads like a tourist brochure to me, which is supposed to put the beauty of the landscape in best-possible words. I even agree to everything described in the article; yet it does not belong into an encyclopedia. -andy 92.229.88.233 (talk) 16:22, 17 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Dangerous Animals

Sorry, if my question is not for here, but I am soon going to Gran Canaria for 3 months and my question is about poisonous or otherwise dangerous animals living in the wild - like for example deadly snakes, scorpions, spiders, lizards, etc. Thanks in advance for any serious advice! -Dimitar —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.215.42.96 (talk) 18:36, 9 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, Gran Canaria is one of the safest places on earth in this regard. The biggest "wild" animals you'll encounter will be rabbits, if you're lucky enough to see them. There are no poisonous or dangerous animals on the island. In fact, there are no snakes or scorpions, poisonous or not, and although there are lizards and spiders living in the countryside, they pose no danger to humans. --Virso2 (talk) 12:32, 5 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Please take your travel queries elsewhere. This page is for discussing the associated article, not its subject. There's little point apologising in advance and then asking anyway. Thanks. Acasson (talk) 17:13, 5 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Well you answered anyway! :) I think there's no problem with having this kind of thing appear occasionally on a talk page because it can sometimes lead to improvements in the articles. Jonnyboy5 (talk) 08:20, 31 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Name of the island in English

To whomever it was that changed the name throughout the article to "Grand Canary". The de facto name of the island in English nowadays is "Gran Canaria". Airlines use it, holiday firms use it, the BBC uses it... and it is therefore entirely correct for Wikipedia to use the Spanish name too. Acasson (talk) 16:20, 10 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Gran Canaria NOT is the most populated island of the archipelago

Gran Canaria NOT is the most populated island of the archipelago. Not is the second most populated island of Spain after Mallorca. Gran Canaria is the SECOND most populated island of the archipelago (after Tenerife), and the THIRD most populated island of the Spain, after Tenerife and Mallorca.

Tenerife - 906.854 inhabitants
Mallorca - 862.397 inhabitants
Gran Canaria - 845.676 inhabitants — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.37.85.151 (talk) 17:17, 4 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Wrong coordinates

Wikipedia is my favorite source of information. But there is a mistake in this article: It gives the coordinates of Gran Canaria as 27°58′S 15°36′W. It should say 27°58′ NORTH, 15°36′W. Regards, Bernd Riechelmann briechelx@gmail.com 166.137.209.145 (talk) 07:23, 27 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

So fix it! That's what Wikipedia is all about (and it would have taken you less time to correct the error than to write this note). Acasson (talk) 10:33, 27 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Likewise. And please don't bite newcomers.--130.34.156.239 (talk) 06:48, 17 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Larger Map would be nice

It would be nice to include a map showing the location of Gran Canaria on a larger scale. CuriousOliver (talk) 20:04, 31 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

External Links

http://www.cunningcanary.com/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 218.102.83.11 (talk) 13:02, 31 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Gran Canaria is not the most populated island of the archipielago of Canarias

As per the INE census, the population in 2014, of each of the most important islands of Spain is as follows:

07 Balears, Illes

07 Formentera 11,545
07 Eivissa 140,271
07 Mallorca 858,313
07 Menorca 93,313

35 Palmas, Las

35 Fuerteventura 106,930
35 Gran Canaria 851,157
35 Lanzarote 141,940

38 Santa Cruz de Tenerife

38 Gomera, La 20,721
38 Hierro, El 10,675
38 Palma, La 83,456
38 Tenerife 889,936

-- ("Cifras Oficiales de Población de los Municipios Españoles: Revisión del Padrón Municipal. Resumen por Islas": http://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Datos.htm?t=2910)

190.45.171.74 (talk) 18:56, 30 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Flag

Why the flag isn't there? Flag of the Canary Islands has it, at least. 85.76.77.241 (talk) 22:03, 8 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

El Hierro is the other one the islands which do have a flag and it is not in the article. 85.76.77.241 (talk) 22:16, 8 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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