Lanzarote
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Lanzarote is a Spanish island located in the Canary Islands, positioned off the coast of North Africa and at a distance from mainland Spain. As the easternmost island in the Canary Islands archipelago, it serves as Spain's geographically furthest outpost in this Atlantic island group.
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Lanzarote (, , , ) is a Spanish island, the easternmost of the Canary Islands, off the north coast of Africa and from the Iberian Peninsula.
Covering , Lanzarote is the fourth-largest of the islands in the archipelago. With 163,230 inhabitants at the beginning of 2024, it is the third most populous Canary Island, after Tenerife and Gran Canaria. Located in the centre-west of the island is Timanfaya National Park, one of its main attractions. The island was declared a biosphere reserve by UNESCO in 1993. The island's capital is Arrecife, which lies on the eastern coastline. It is the smaller main island of the Province of Las Palmas.