Where are the Canary Islands located?

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The Canary Islands are astronomically located between latitude 15 15 24 ° W, longitude ′ 6 ° 28N, and are located in the Atlantic Ocean, off the northwestern coast of Africa, where the nearest point of the African coast is about 108 kilometers from Canary Islands, and these islands belong to the State of Spain.
The Canary Islands consist of two main parts of the islands, the first of which is the eastern islands; it includes the islands of Fuerteventura and Lanzarote, in addition to six other islands surrounding the Canary Ridge Plateau, as this plateau starts from under the sea and rises to about 1400 meters above. The second is the group of western islands, as it includes the islands of La Gomera, La Palma, Tenerife, Fero and Gran Canaria. What distinguishes this group from others is that it contains mountain peaks whose heights exceed the sea floor by nearly 1,200 meters.

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It was popular with people that the name of the Canary Islands was given to these islands according to the name of the yellow birds called canary, but this is not accurate, as this designation is due to a Latin concept with a different meaning, it is Insula CanariaIt means the island of dogs, and the first to give this name to it are the ancient Romens, but some historians believe that the name came from the original inhabitants of the islands, as they worshiped dogs, a type of large dog called (Canes) that lived on these islands and caused In calling it.

Climate of the Canary Islands

The Canary Islands prevail in a subtropical climate, where the temperatures are warm, but there is little seasonal variation in it, for example, the temperature in Las Palmas, which is located in these islands, in the month of August afternoon, reaches It is approximately 26 ° C, while it decreases to 21 ° C in January. Rainfall falls on the islands low, but it is concentrated in December and November, and this precipitation does not exceed 250 mm, but in the northeastern part of it, the amount of precipitation may reach 750 mm.