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unusual facts about Santa Brígida, Las Palmas



Air Mauritanie

Two Ilyushin Il-18s were bought in 1969, with the Soviets providing training and technical assistance; these aircraft were flown to Dakar, Nouadhibou and Las Palmas.

Canarian Spanish

When visiting Tenerife or Las Palmas, Venezuelans, Cubans, Dominicans and Puerto Ricans are usually taken at first hearing for fellow-Canarians from a distant part of the Canary archipelago.

Canarina canariensis

Gran Canaria: Los Tiles de Moya, frequent in the laurel woods, very depleded in other localities near San Mateo, Santa Brigida, Pino Santo, Teror etc.

Djan Madruga

In April 1975, he broke the barrier of 16 minutes in the 1500-metre freestyle at Copa America in Las Palmas.

Frederik Hviid

Frederik Carlo Hviid Köhler (born 9 November 1974 in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria) is a former long-distance freestyle and medley swimmer from Spain, who competed at two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1996.

Fredrik Gulsvik

Gulsvik was born in Flå and began his career with local side Flå before he transferred to Spanish club Las Palmas.

Gustavo Gotti

Gustavo Gotti, nicknamed El Tanque Gotti (born 20 October 1993) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Las Palmas in the Torneo Argentino B on loan for one year from Instituto de Córdoba.

Leonid Stein

Further international tournament victories were scored at East Berlin 1962, Sarajevo 1967, Hastings 1967–68, Kecskemét 1968, Tallinn 1969, Pärnu 1971, and Las Palmas 1973.

Manises UFO incident

Flight JK-297 had taken off from Salzburg (Austria) with 109 passengers on board, and had made a refuelling stop on the island Mallorca before setting course towards Las Palmas.

Nacho Casanova

Ignacio 'Nacho' Díaz Casanova Montenegro (born 4 February 1987 in Las Palmas, Canary Islands) is a Spanish footballer who plays for FC Pasching in the Austrian Regional League Central, as a forward.

Nontsikelelo Veleko

That same year, her photographs were displayed in the exhibition titled ‘Olvida Quien Soy- Erase Me from Who I Am’ at the Centro Atlantico de Arte Mordeno in Las Palmas, Canary Islands.

Rafael Vaganian

A cheerful and popular character on the grandmaster circuit, his tournament record is outstanding and includes further victories at Kragujevac 1974, São Paulo 1977, Kirovakan 1978, Las Palmas 1979, Manila 1981, Hastings 1982/83, Biel 1985 (the Interzonal), Leningrad 1987, Toronto 1990 and Ter Apel 1992.

Santa Brígida, Las Palmas

Bandama Caldera (Bandama Natural Monument) in Santa Brígida, Las Palmas is part of the Tafira Protected Landscape.

South African Airways Flight 228

South African Airways Flight 228 was a scheduled flight of the Boeing 707-300C Pretoria, registration ZS-EUW, on 20 April 1968 from Johannesburg to Heathrow via Windhoek, Luanda, Las Palmas and Frankfurt.

SS Dumbo

In October 1968, Dumbo was placed under arrest at Las Palmas.

Tonono

On 31 May 1975 he appeared in his last match for Las Palmas, a Copa del Rey contest against CD Málaga, contracting a viral infection shortly after and dying on 9 June at only 31 years of age in Las Palmas.


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