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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -15.5325,Lat: 28.1393
Elevation	152 meter above sea level
Local time	12:06:36pm
At island	Gran-canaria
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Canarias
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Las Palmas
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Arucas

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Cruz de Pineda	0.4 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Lomo de Quintanilla	0.4 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Trapiche	0.7 km	WestSouthWest
4 Escaleritas	0.7 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Hinojal	0.8 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1281 km	EastNorthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	1286 km	NorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1708 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

La Palmita lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction North). 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 25.9 km in SouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Moriscos with a height of 1771 meter (at a distance of 15.1 km and direction SouthWest).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Gran Canaria (Fissure vent) at a distance of 15.6 km (direction SouthSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1228.8 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1720 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 44%, hill: 52%, low mountains: 3%, 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 28 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport (at a distance of 91 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

9.4 km2

20%

Agriculture

33.5 km2

71.4%

Urban area

4 km2

8.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of La Palmita in country Spain

La Palmita 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	16 km	WestSouthWest
2 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	88 km	NorthWest
3 Teide National Park	Spain	113 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Azuaje	ES	4.7 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Arucas

Type of weather in Arucas	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	27 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.49 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	50 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	10 hour and 37 minutes
Sunrise :	08:29 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:07 Europe/Amsterdam