page_title: Monarchies in Africa
section_title: Canary Islands
hierarchical_section_title: Monarchies in Africa / Current monarchies / Dependencies of other sovereign states / Canary Islands
caption_attribution_description: Español: Sus Majestades los Reyes de España, en el XV aniversario de 20 minutos el 24 de noviembre de 2015.
context_page_description: There are several monarchies in Africa, defined as either actually or nominally self-governing states, territories, or nations on the continent of Africa where supreme power resides with an individual who is recognized as the head of state. All are similar in that the sovereign inherits their office and typically keeps it until their death or until their abdication. However, only three are currently sovereign, while the remaining are sub-national monarchies. Two of these are constitutional monarchies, in which the sovereign is bound by laws and customs in the exercise of his or her powers, and one is an absolute monarchy, in which the sovereign rules without bounds. The sub-national monarchies are not sovereign, and exist within larger political associations. In addition to these, there are also three dependencies of two European monarchies.
  Another subnational monarchy in Africa is Buganda kingdom of Uganda. The kingdom was formed in Early 14th century with highly decentralized system. It is now a constitution monarchy with its King titled KABAKA and elected prime minister.
  The kingdom has a parliament called Lukiiko.
context_section_description: The Canary Islands are an archipelago of thirteen islands located off the coast of Morocco. The islands were originally inhabited by the Guanche people, but were colonized by Queen Catherine of Castile. During the fifteenth century, they were controlled by Prince Henry the Navigator of Portugal, but Spain regained control in 1479. Spain completed its conquest of the islands in 1496 and used them as a port of western exploration. Due to their importance to Spanish trade, they were frequently attacked by pirates and privateers such as Sir Francis Drake in 1595. The islands were granted autonomy in 1982.
  As an autonomous community of Spain, the Canaries have a substantial degree of autonomy. The community government is organized as a parliamentary system with a President elected from amongst the members of Parliament. The community government has autonomy concerning a wide range of competencies, including over natural resources and tourism as well as a unique fiscal system. It shares power concerning agriculture and trade with the central government in Spain, and has the responsibility to oversee the implementation of actions taken by the central government in the competencies which the community government does not have autonomy.  Each island also has a substantial degree of autonomy from the community government to control its own local affairs.
caption: King Felipe VI of Spain and Queen Letizia
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