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Canarias (autonomous community) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 28 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 28.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 015 30 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -15.5000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Originally inhabited by Guanche peoples; visited by Mauritanians ca. 40 BCE; Arabs traders arrived 999; visited by sailors from Genoa, Mallorca, Portugal, and France 13th-14th centuries; Spanish defeated Guanche 15th century and set up base for transatlantic voyages. |
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| Canarias (preferred,C,V)
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| Canary Islands (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Canarias, Comunidad Autónoma de (C,V)
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| Comunidad Autónoma de Canarias (C,V)
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| Canarie (C,O)
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| SP53 (NA,V,FIPS)
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Canarias (autonomous community) (P) |
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| autonomous community (preferred, C) |
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| first level subdivision (C) |
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| archipelago (C) |
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| kingdom (H) |
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Juan de Béthencourt was self-proclaimed king of islands from 1404 |
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