The Canary Islands, also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago in Macaronesia in the Atlantic Ocean, 100 kilometers (62 miles) west of Morocco and the Western Sahara at their closest point to the African mainland. The archipelago is constituted by seven main volcanic islands: Tenerife, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, La Palma, La Gomera, and El Hierro (from largest to smallest in area), including many smaller islands and islets. The climate is warm subtropical and generally semidesertic, moderated by the sea and in summer by the trade winds. They are the southernmost of the autonomous communities of Spain. The islands have a population of 2.2 million people and are the most populous special territory of the European Union.
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