Gran Canaria covers an area of 1.532 square kilometres. The island is a volcanic cone reaching a height of 1.949 metres. Although not the largest of the Canary Islands, Gran Canaria has the most populated and dynamic capital city - Las Palmas - home to about 400.000 of the island’s total population of 720.000.
The Gran Canaria of today boasts, with an average of 465 people per square kilometer, the highest housing density not only of the archipelago but also of all European regions.
Gran Canaria belongs to an area of the Atlantic Ocean, known as ‘Macaronesia’, which includes the Canary Islands as well as the archipelagos of Madeira, Azores, Cape Verde and part of Morocco.
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