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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -15.473,Lat: 28.0609
Elevation	326 meter above sea level
Local time	5:48:30am
At island	Gran-canaria
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Canarias
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Las Palmas
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las
Other place with same name 1	La Palma Andalucía - Granada
Other place with same name 2	La Palma Región de Murcia - Murcia
Other place with same name 3	La Palma Canarias - Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 La Calzada	0.3 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Siete Puertas	0.6 km	WestNorthWest
3 Llanos de Maria Rivera	1.1 km	West
4 Llanos de Maria Ribera	1.1 km	WestSouthWest
5 Las Cuevas	1.2 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1282 km	EastNorthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	1291 km	NorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1712 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 5 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 21.8 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Moriscos with a height of 1771 meter (at a distance of 14.6 km and direction West).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Gran Canaria (Fissure vent) at a distance of 12.2 km (direction WestSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1232.4 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1725 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 17%, hill: 65%, low mountains: 19%, 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 17 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport (at a distance of 101 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

30.9 km2

39.3%

Agriculture

32.9 km2

41.9%

Viticulture

2 km2

2.6%

Urban area

10.9 km2

13.9%

Infrastructure

1 km2

1.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of La Palma in country Spain

La Palma 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	19 km	WestNorthWest
2 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	98 km	NorthWest
3 Teide National Park	Spain	121 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Pino Santo	ES	0 km	North

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB La Palma
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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	clear sky
Current temperature:	22 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.06 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	33 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	10 hour and 38 minutes
Sunrise :	08:29 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:07 Europe/Amsterdam