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    El Hierro

    27°45′N 18°02′W

    El Hierro, nicknamed Isla del Meridiano, is the southernmost and westernmost of the Canary Islands (an autonomous community of Spain), in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa, with a population of 11,659 (2023). Its capital is Valverde.

    Campanario, Frontera, El Golfo
    Campanario, Frontera, El Golfo

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    27°45′N 18°02′W

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    El Hierro, nicknamed Isla del Meridiano, is the southernmost and westernmost of the Canary Islands (an autonomous community of Spain), in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa, with a population of 11,659 (2023). Its capital is Valverde. At 268.51 square kilometres (103.67 sq mi), it is the second-smallest of the eight inhabited islands of the Canaries, with La Graciosa being the smallest.

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