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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -15.5094,Lat: 28.1308
Elevation	150 meter above sea level
Local time	10:56:24am
At island	Gran-canaria
Name province/region	Canarias
Name Subregion	Las Palmas
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Arucas

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 La Montaña	0.5 km	NorthEast
2 El Perdigón	0.8 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Lomo Espino	1.1 km	South
4 Camino de la Cruz Alto	1.2 km	WestSouthWest
5 El Terrero	1.4 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1280 km	EastNorthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	1286 km	NorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1708 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction NorthEast). The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Chira (0.7 km² at a height of around 903 meter above sea level) at a distance of 25.9 km in SouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Moriscos with a height of 1771 meter (at a distance of 15.7 km and direction WestSouthWest).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Gran Canaria (Fissure vent) at a distance of 15.5 km (direction SouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1228.3 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1720 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 41%, hill: 57%, low mountains: 2%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Gran Canaria Airport (at a distance of 26 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport (at a distance of 94 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

16.9 km2

32.3%

Agriculture

29.2 km2

55.9%

Urban area

6.1 km2

11.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Cardones in country Spain

Cardones at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Risco Caido and the Sacred Mountains of Gran Canaria Cultural Landscape	Spain	17 km	WestSouthWest
2 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	91 km	NorthWest
3 Teide National Park	Spain	115 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Bahía del Confital	ES	3.5 km	EastSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Arucas

Type of weather in Arucas	broken clouds
Current temperature:	20 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.06 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	75 %
Daylength at 19 May 2024:	13 hour and 37 minutes
Sunrise :	08:10 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:47 Europe/Amsterdam