Canarian Parliament

Canarian Parliament Parlamento de Canarias

Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
President	Antonio Castro Cordobez, CC Since 25 June 2007
Structure
Seats	60

Political groups	Government (33) CC (18) PSOE (15) Confidence and supply (3) ASG (3) Opposition (24) PP (12) Podemos (7) NC (5)
Elections
Last election	24 May 2015
Meeting place

Parliamentary Chamber, Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Website
www.parcan.es

The Canarian Parliament is the regional legislature of the Canary Islands, an autonomous community of Spain. The Parliament has sixty members and members serve on four-year terms. The parliament is based in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, one of the Canarias' two capitals.

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Cultural domain of Canary Islands

History	Guanches Pre-colonial times Conquest Treaty of Alcáçovas First Battle of Acentejo Kingdom of the Canary Islands Battle of Aguere Second Battle of Acentejo Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (1657) Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (1797) Spanish transition Autonomous community Canarian Parliament

Languages	Guanche^† Canarian (Spanish) Gomeran Whistle

Mythology	Gara and Jonay Achamán Achuguayo Achuhucanac Chaxiraxi Chijoraji Guayota Magec Maxios Tibicena

Sports	Bola canaria Canarian wrestling Juego del Palo Salto del pastor Open Lanzarote Island Open Costa Adeje

Cuisine	Almogrote Canarian arepa Canarian wrinkly potatoes Gofio Malvasia Majorero Miel de palma Mojo Pasteles Ropa vieja Sancocho Sangria Tropical beer Wines

Musical instruments	Chácaras Timple

Traditions	Carnival of Santa Cruz de Tenerife Carnival of Las Palmas Bajada (festival) Cavalcade of Magi Holy Week Virgin of Candelaria Cristo de La Laguna Akelarre

Symbols places of the Canary Islands	Teide Auditorio de Tenerife Garajonay Caldera de Taburiente

Category

Legislatures in Africa

Sovereign states	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Western Sahara Zambia Zimbabwe

Dependencies, autonomies, other territories	Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla (Spain) Madeira (Portugal) Mayotte / Réunion (France) Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom) Somaliland (Somalia) Zanzibar (Tanzania)

Italics indicate an unrecognised or partially recognised state.

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