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The Province of Las Palmas is a province of Spain , consisting of the eastern part of the autonomous community of the Canary Islands . Africa is the world ' s second - largest and second - most - populous continent . At about 30 . 3 million km² ( 11 . 7 million square miles ) including adjacent islands , it covers 6 % of Earth ' s total surface area and 20 . 4 % of its total land area . With 1 . 1 billion people as of 2013 , it accounts for about 15 % of the world ' s human population . The continent is surrounded by the ___MASK41___ to the north , both the Suez Canal and the ___MASK2___ along the Sinai Peninsula to the northeast , the Indian Ocean to the southeast , and the ___MASK12___ to the west . The continent includes Madagascar and various archipelagos . It contains 54 fully recognized sovereign states ( countries ), nine territories and two " de facto " independent states with limited or no recognition . The ___MASK12___ is the second largest of the world ' s oceans with a total area of about . It covers approximately 20 percent of the Earth ' s surface and about 29 percent of its water surface area . It separates the " Old World " from the " New World ". An archipelago , sometimes called an island group or island chain , is a chain , cluster or collection of islands . The word " archipelago " is derived from the Greek "  -  arkhi -" (" chief ") and "   pélagos " (" sea ") through the Italian " arcipelago ". In Italian , possibly following a tradition of antiquity , the Archipelago ( from medieval Greek "*  " and Latin " archipelagus ") was the proper name for the ___MASK76___ and , later , usage shifted to refer to the Aegean Islands ( since the sea is remarkable for its large number of islands ). It is now used to refer to any island group or , sometimes , to a sea containing a small number of scattered islands . Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain , is a sovereign state largely located on the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe , with two large archipelagos , the Balearic Islands in the ___MASK41___ and the Canary Islands off the North African Atlantic coast , two cities Ceuta and Melilla in the North African mainland and several small islands in the ___MASK98___ near the Moroccan coast . Its mainland is bordered to the south and east by the ___MASK41___ except for a small land boundary with Gibraltar ; to the north and northeast by France , Andorra , and the Bay of Biscay ; and to the west and northwest by Portugal and the ___MASK12___ . It is the only European country to have a border with an African country ( Morocco ) and its African territory accounts for nearly 5 % of its population , mostly in the Canary Islands but also in Ceuta and Melilla . Moya is a town and a municipality in the northern part of the island of Gran Canaria in the Province of Las Palmas in the Canary Islands . Its population is 7 , 977 ( 2013 ) , and the area is 31 . 87 km² . The town Moya is situated in the mountains , 4 km from the coast and 15 km west of Las Palmas . The GC - 2 motorway passes through the northern part of the municipality . Gran Canaria ( originally meaning " Great [ Island ] of Dogs ") is the second most populous island of the Canary Islands , an African archipelago which is part of Spain , with a population of ( in 2015 ) that constitutes approximately 40 % of the population of the archipelago . Located in the ___MASK12___ about off the northwestern coast of Africa and about from Europe . With an area of km ( sq . mi ) and an altitude of at the Pico de las Nieves , Gran Canaria is the third largest island of the archipelago in both area and altitude . The Canary Islands , also known as the Canaries , are an archipelago and autonomous community of Spain located on the ___MASK12___ , west of Morocco . The Canaries are among the outermost regions ( OMR ) of the European Union proper . It is also one of the eight regions with special consideration of historical nationality recognized as such by the Spanish Government . Europe is a continent that comprises the westernmost part of Eurasia . Europe is bordered by the ___MASK75___ to the north , the ___MASK12___ to the west , and the Mediterranean Sea to the south . To the east and southeast , Europe is generally considered as separated from Asia by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains , the Ural River , the Caspian and Black Seas , and the waterways of the Turkish Straits . Yet the non - oceanic borders of Europe  a concept dating back to classical antiquity  are arbitrary . The primarily physiographic term " continent " as applied to Europe also incorporates cultural and political elements whose discontinuities are not always reflected by the continent ' s current overland boundaries . Morocco (', lit . " The West "; '), officially known as the Kingdom of Morocco (', lit . " The Western Kingdom "; '), is a sovereign country located in the Maghreb region of North Africa . Geographically , Morocco is characterized by a rugged mountainous interior , large tracts of desert , and a lengthy coastline along the ___MASK12___ and Mediterranean Sea .