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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -15.4811,Lat: 28.0314
Elevation	508 meter above sea level
Local time	8:27:46am
At island	Gran-canaria
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Canarias
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Las Palmas
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Santa Brígida
Other place with same name 1	El Arco Castilla y León - Salamanca

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 El Estanco	0.4 km	South
2 La Atalaya	0.6 km	SouthSouthEast
3 El Vinco	0.6 km	EastSouthEast
4 Los Toscanes	0.8 km	East
5 Montebravo	0.8 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1285 km	EastNorthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	1295 km	NorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1715 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 7 km (direction East). 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 19.1 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Moriscos with a height of 1771 meter (at a distance of 13.3 km and direction WestNorthWest).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Gran Canaria (Fissure vent) at a distance of 10.3 km (direction West). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1235.4 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1730 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 3%, hill: 58%, low mountains: 36%, moderate high mountains: 3%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Gran Canaria Airport (at a distance of 15 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport (at a distance of 102 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

38 km2

48.4%

Agriculture

33 km2

42%

Viticulture

2 km2

2.6%

Urban area

4.3 km2

5.5%

Infrastructure

0.2 km2

0.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of El Arco in country Spain

El Arco 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	18 km	WestNorthWest
2 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	99 km	NorthWest
3 Teide National Park	Spain	121 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Bandama	ES	0.8 km	SouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Santa Brígida

Type of weather in Santa Brígida	clear sky
Current temperature:	24 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.06 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	32 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	10 hour and 38 minutes
Sunrise :	08:29 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:07 Europe/Amsterdam