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Las Palmas
(redirected from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria)

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Las Palmas: see Palmas, Las Palmas, Las (läs päl`mäs), city (1990 pop. 373,846), capital of Las Palmas prov., Spain, on Grand Canary.
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Las Palmas

 or Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Seaport city (pop., 2001: 354,863), northeastern Grand Canary Island, Spain. The largest city and chief port of the Canary Islands, it was founded in 1478 and served as a base for the Spanish conquest of Tenerife and La Palma islands. It grew after the port was constructed in 1883. It is a year-round resort; historic sites include a 15th-century cathedral and the house of Christopher Columbus.


Las Palmas
a port in the central Canary Islands, on NE Grand Canary: a major fuelling port on the main shipping route between Europe and South America. Pop.: 377 600 (2003 est.)


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Address for correspondence: Jose Luis Perez-Arellano, Departamento de Ciencias Medicas y Quirurgicas, Centro de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 35080 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain; email:jlperez@dcmq.
Carlos III Institute of Health, Majadahonda, Spain; ([dagger]) Cruzes Hospital, Bilbao, Spain; ([double dagger]) Columbia University, New York, New York, USA; ([section]) Sant Pau y Santa Creu Hospital, Barcelona, Spain; ([paragraph]) Virgen de las Nieves Hospital, Granada, Spain; and # Doctor Negrin Hospital, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canada, Spain; ([dagger]) Hospital Universitario Insular de Gran Canaria (Canary Health Service), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain; ([double dagger]) Hospital de Fuerteventura, Puerto del Rosario, Spain; and ([section]) Gulf Coast Seafood Laboratory (Food and Drug Administration), Dauphin Island, Alabama, USA
 
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