The Canary Islands is composed of different islands belonging to Spain and the largest of them all is Tenerife. It has a number of inhabitants reaching over 800,000 which takes up about 43 percent of total population of the entire Canary Islands. More than five million visitors come and go into the island of Tenerife each year, counting those whether they are coming back for more or the new travelers. The carnival in the island is slowly becoming part of UNESCO's World Heritage Site, seeing that the celebration has been going on and continued for many centuries already, being the largest carnival of the world. There are 2 airports in the island, one receiving as many international flights as the other located both at the north and south of the island. The island itself is considered as the tourism and economic center of the whole archipelago.
The center of the island is where the capital lies and the cabildo insular governs the island. Santa Cruz de Tenerife is the name of the capital, with shared government institutional systems such as presidency and ministries. Between years of 1833 to 1927, Santa Cruz was decreed primary capital of the island not until year 1927 when it was decided the capital be shared all over the island which is how it is in the present day. The oldest university of this island is the University of La Laguna which was founded in 1792. San Cristobal de La Laguna, listed in the UNESCO World Heritage Site is the second Canary island cities. It is also the same city that was used to be the capital of the islands until 1833 when Santa Cruz replaced it.
According to legends, during ancient times there were a number of explorers of the island. The Canary island used to be in the Dark Ocean, where the Atlantic Ocean lies in which only the bravest of sailors are ever to venture out in these seas. A current within this ocean is called Canaries Stream which goes all the way southwest before it turns west that sweeps off the ocean vessels to different parts of the ocean. This has made many tragic events in the area and only a few were able to survive it. They were the ancient Phoenicians, Greeks and Romans, which they shared their tale of their journey through the seas with the people in the islands after they have arrived.