The review of Geography that devastates networks after the eruption on La Palma | Society

The La Palma volcano eruption has caused a lot of confusion from the beginning. The phenomenon, which has been commented on on social networks by thousands of people, has been located in different geographical areas by hundreds of users.

Twitter account Story in Meme He has illustrated these goofs committed by hundreds of users to help those who “get into trouble with La Palma, Las Palmas, Palma and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria”.

“That is why I have made you this chop, so that the little knowledge of geography does not prevent you from being expert volcanologists,” says the user on Twitter, referring to the amount of opinions expressed about the eruption on the Canary Island.

The illustration reflects a map of the Canary Islands accompanied by a subsection where the silhouette of the island of Mallorca, in the Balearic archipelago, is drawn.

The difference that Historie establishes in Meme serves as a reminder to avoid confusion between different geographical points. “La Palma, whose historical name is San Miguel de la Palma, is an island in the Atlantic Ocean belonging to the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria is a city and municipality, capital of the island of Gran Canaria. Las Palmas is a province of the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands. And there is another “Palma” in the Balearic Islands. Palma (known as Palma de Mallorca), is a Spanish city and municipality, capital of the island of Mallorca “, describes the account in the image .

The differentiation that this user has established has reached thousands of interactions on Twitter, where he also made a final point in this regard: “Palma de Mallorca is not the official name of the city. It is Palma, simply. I suppose the “de Mallorca” to avoid problems and that people do not make the wrong plane to which they are going to spend the summer. ”

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