World Country Canary Islands

About the world country the Canary Islands, its location, size, population, and who is in power.

NATIONS OF THE WORLD

CANARY ISLANDS

Location: Islands just of the west coast of Africa at the boundary of Morocco and Western Sahara. Size: 2,808 sq. mi. (7,273 sq. km.).

Population: 1,300,000.

Who Really Rules: The islands are governed as part of Spain, but many African nations and a growing number of Canarians consider the islands a colony. In Spain's 1979 election, the Canary Islands independence movement elected one deputy to the Spanish Cortes.