What is Las Palmas de Gran Canaria?
<blockquote>[[La Palma]] is another island of the Canary Islands</blockquote>[[File:GC LasPalmasdeGC.png|thumb|Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (in red) on a map of Gran Canaria]] [[File:Flag of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.svg|thumb|150px|Flag]] [[File:Escudo de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.svg|thumb|90px|coat of arms]] '''Las Palmas de Gran Canaria''' is the biggest [[city]] of the [[Canary Islands]], in the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. The city, with a [[population]] of 383,308 in 2010, is the eighth-largest in [[Spain]]. Together with [[Santa Cruz de Tenerife]], it is the [[capital city|capital]] of the Comunidad Autónoma de Canarias (Autonomous Community of the [[Canary Islands]]). It is also the capital of the island of [[Gran Canaria]] and of the [[province]] of Las Palmas. The islands of this province are Gran Canaria, [[Lanzarote]] and [[Fuerteventura]]. The city was founded in 1478. The town has a beautiful old area. This area (Vegueta) has a lot of houses from the 16th to the 19th Centuries. There is still a house where [[Christopher Columbus]] stayed in [[1492]]. He stayed there before he went to [[the Americas]]. The interesting [[cathedral]] was begun in the year 1500. Its [[port]] is one of the busiest in [[Spain]] and the biggest between Europe and [[Cape Town]], in [[South Africa]]. Las Palmas (for short) is famous for its very nice and dry weather all year round. It is also famous for its Las Canteras Beach. This beach is more than 3 kilometers long. The beach brings a lot of [[tourists]] to the city. Main [[industries]]: [[trade]], [[tourism]], canned food, [[fishing]], shipbuilding. '''Places to visit''': ''Vegueta'' (old area);'' Triana'' (traditional [[Commerce|commercial]] area); ''Playa de Las Canteras'' (Las Canteras Beach); cathedral; ''Casa de Colón'' (Columbus House); ''Museo Canario'' ([[archaeology]] museum); ''CAAM - Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno'' (Modern Art Centre); ''Museo Élder de la Ciencia'' (science museum); ''Museo Néstor'' (museum with paintings); ''Teatro Pérez Galdós'' (theatre)