San Andres Arucas Great Canary Spain

by Sapiens Verbum

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San Andres Arucas Great Canary Spain

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Sapiens Verbum

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Arucas is a Canary Islands municipality in the province of Las Palmas. It is situated in the north of Gran Canaria. Arucas is a suburb of Las Palmas city.Arucas’s area is 33.01 km with a population of about 33,701 (ISTAC, 2003) and its density is 1,009.31/km making the second most populated municipality in the island.Arucas is situated in the mountains and the valleys, the farmlands cover parts of Arucas, the mountains cover the southern part and the valleys in the northern part. Farmlands are within the coastline, the Atlantic Ocean lies to the north. Arucas is located W of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and serves an interchange with the GC2, N of the GC30, E of Gldar and NW of Telde. The main industry are agriculture, businesses and tourism.Once known to the ancient Romans as the Fortunate Islands, the Canary Islands were named after the large dogs (Canes) found living on the islands.Located off the northwestern coast of Africa, the Canary Islands are one of the most popular tourist destination on the planet, especially with Europeans.The Canary Island’s archipelago includes seven major islands, all remnants of very steep, extinct volcanoes. Weather conditions here are considered perfect, and the beaches some of the best on the planet.

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December 4th, 2014

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