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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -15.5474,Lat: 28.1044
Elevation	431 meter above sea level
Local time	16:54:19pm
At island	Gran-canaria
Name province/region	Canarias
Name Subregion	Las Palmas
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Firgas

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Padilla	0.7 km	NorthWest
2 El Angostillo	0.9 km	NorthEast
3 Los Rosales	0.9 km	NorthNorthWest
4 La Cruz	1.2 km	WestSouthWest
5 Lomo de San Pedro	1.2 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1284 km	EastNorthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	1290 km	NorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1712 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 5 km (direction NorthNorthEast). 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 21.9 km in SouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Moriscos with a height of 1771 meter (at a distance of 11.2 km and direction SouthWest).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Gran Canaria (Fissure vent) at a distance of 11.7 km (direction SouthSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1232.7 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1726 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 17%, hill: 49%, low mountains: 30%, moderate high mountains: 3%, 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 92 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

3.8 km2

4.8%

Nature

13.8 km2

17.8%

Agriculture

55.5 km2

71.4%

Urban area

4.7 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of La Caldera in country Spain

La Caldera 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	13 km	WestSouthWest
2 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	89 km	NorthWest
3 Teide National Park	Spain	112 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Azuaje	ES	2.1 km	WestNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB La Caldera
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Firgas

Type of weather in Firgas	few clouds
Current temperature:	21 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.86 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	71 %
Daylength at 22 May 2024:	13 hour and 40 minutes
Sunrise :	08:08 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:49 Europe/Amsterdam