Live stream Puerto de las Nieves is a picturesque fishing village on the northern coast of Gran Canaria. Gran Canaria is the second most populous island in the Canary archipelago, located in the Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of Africa and owned by Spain.
As of 2018, the island has a population of 846,717, which corresponds to approximately 40% of the population of the entire Canary Islands. 45% of Gran Canaria's residents are located in the island's capital, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
The next largest municipalities are Telde (100,015 people), Santa Lucia de Tirajana (64,845 people), San Bartolome de Tirajana (53,288 people), Arucas (36,745 people), Ingenio (29,640 people) ) and Aguimes (29 431 people).
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria is the administrative center of the province of Las Palmas, which is part of the autonomous community of the Canary Islands.
The island of Gran Canaria is unevenly populated - the bulk of the population is concentrated in the capital and the nearest municipalities, that is, in the eastern part of the island, as well as in the south, where the most popular resorts are concentrated. In the center and west of Gran Canaria, the population is quite small. The mountainous terrain of central Gran Canaria, with two towering peaks, is harmoniously complemented by varied tropical evergreen vegetation.
Gran Canaria, located about 150 km from Africa and 1,350 km from Europe, covers an area of 1,560 square kilometers. km. The highest point of the island is Mount Morro de la Agujereada (1,956 m), although until recently the neighboring mountain Pico de las Nieves (1,949 m) was considered the highest peak of the island. Among the other islands of the Canary archipelago, Gran Canaria ranks third in terms of area and height after Tenerife and Fuerteventura. Of all the Spanish islands, Gran Canaria is the third most populous, after Tenerife and Mallorca.
Gran Canaria is located southeast of Tenerife and west of Fuerteventura. This is an island of volcanic origin, formed as a result of the activity of a fissure volcano, has a circular shape with a diameter of about 50 km.
About 80% of the island's volume was formed during the eruptions of the Miocene epoch, between 14 and 9 million years ago. The last volcanic eruptions in Gran Canaria are believed to have occurred about 3,500 years ago. Changes in volume and hence in weight of the island caused the island to rise above previous sea level during periods of erosion and sink during periods of eruption. Some of these "fossil beaches" can be seen on the cliffs of Gran Canaria's more eroded northern coastline.