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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -15.5954,Lat: 28.1285
Elevation	240 meter above sea level
Local time	0:30:29am
At island	Gran-canaria
Name province/region	Canarias
Name Subregion	Las Palmas
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Santa María de Guía de Gran Canaria

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Cabo Verde	1 km	EastNorthEast
2 Casas de Aguilar	1.1 km	WestSouthWest
3 Lomo Los Martínez	1.1 km	WestNorthWest
4 Frontón	1.2 km	SouthEast
5 Trujillo	1.5 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1286 km	EastNorthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	1290 km	NorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1713 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction North). 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 22.6 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Moriscos with a height of 1771 meter (at a distance of 12.1 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Gran Canaria (Fissure vent) at a distance of 14.2 km (direction South). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1233.2 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1727 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 21%, hill: 47%, low mountains: 31%, moderate high mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly northeastern 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 31 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport (at a distance of 86 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.8 km2

4.6%

Nature

2.7 km2

4.4%

Agriculture

53.4 km2

88.2%

Urban area

1.7 km2

2.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Farailaga in country Spain

Farailaga 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	11 km	SouthWest
2 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	83 km	NorthWest
3 Teide National Park	Spain	107 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
El Brezal	ES	0.2 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Santa María de Guía de Gran Canaria

Type of weather in Santa María de Guía de Gran Canaria	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.67 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	78 %
Daylength at 15 May 2024:	13 hour and 33 minutes
Sunrise :	08:12 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:45 Europe/Amsterdam