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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -16.3993,Lat: 28.4818
Elevation	446 meter above sea level
Local time	3:16:05am
At island	Tenerife
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Canarias
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Tacoronte
Other place with same name 1	El Torreon Andalucía - Sevilla

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 El Cantillo	0.3 km	SouthWest
2 Las Casas Altas	0.7 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Lomo Colorado	0.8 km	NorthEast
4 Adelantado	0.9 km	North
5 La Luz	1.1 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	1290 km	NorthEast
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1317 km	EastNorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1729 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction NorthWest). The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de la Cueva de las Niñas (0.6 km² at a height of around 892 meter above sea level) at a distance of 97.2 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Teide (Stratovolcano) at a distance of 32.2 km (direction WestSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1249.7 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1750 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 7%, hill: 28%, low mountains: 41%, moderate high mountains: 25%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Tenerife Sur Airport (at a distance of 50 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport (at a distance of 5.7 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

6.8 km2

9.6%

Nature

7 km2

9.8%

Agriculture

26.9 km2

37.7%

Viticulture

17 km2

23.9%

Urban area

12.5 km2

17.6%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of El Torreon in country Spain

El Torreon at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	8.7 km	EastSouthEast
2 Teide National Park	Spain	32 km	WestSouthWest
3 Garajonay National Park	Spain	90 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Montes y cumbre de Tenerife	ES	2.2 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Tacoronte

Type of weather in Tacoronte	clear sky
Current temperature:	21 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.15 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	47 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	10 hour and 36 minutes
Sunrise :	08:34 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:09 Europe/Amsterdam