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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -15.4481,Lat: 28.0628
Elevation	165 meter above sea level
Local time	14:34:54pm
At island	Gran-canaria
Name province/region	Canarias
Name Subregion	Las Palmas
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 El Fondillo	0.4 km	West
2 San Francisco de Paula	0.5 km	South
3 La Montañeta	0.8 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Tafira Baja	0.8 km	North
5 Monteluz	1 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1281 km	EastNorthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	1290 km	NorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1710 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction EastSouthEast). 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 23.7 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Moriscos with a height of 1771 meter (at a distance of 17 km and direction West).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Gran Canaria (Fissure vent) at a distance of 14.5 km (direction West). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1230.9 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1723 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 37%, hill: 58%, low mountains: 4%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). 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 16 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport (at a distance of 103 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

26.4 km2

37.6%

Agriculture

22.3 km2

31.8%

Viticulture

2 km2

2.9%

Urban area

17.2 km2

24.6%

Infrastructure

1.2 km2

1.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of La Cantera in country Spain

La Cantera 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	21 km	WestNorthWest
2 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	100 km	NorthWest
3 Teide National Park	Spain	123 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Pino Santo	ES	1.6 km	NorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Tafira Baja

Type of weather in Tafira Baja	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	23 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	11.83 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 6)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	57 %
Daylength at 14 May 2024:	13 hour and 31 minutes
Sunrise :	08:12 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:43 Europe/Amsterdam