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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -15.4522,Lat: 27.8496
Elevation	112 meter above sea level
Local time	5:57:28am
At island	Gran-canaria
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Canarias
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Las Palmas
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Santa Lucía de Tirajana
Other place with same name 1	La Unión Región de Murcia - Murcia

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Hoya Pavon	0.4 km	SouthSouthEast
2 La Cerruda	0.7 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Vecindario	0.8 km	EastSouthEast
4 La Paredilla Ii	1.1 km	South
5 Casa Pastores	1.1 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1297 km	EastNorthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	1311 km	NorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1729 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 4 km (direction SouthEast). 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 19.6 km in NorthWestern direction).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Gran Canaria (Fissure vent) at a distance of 21.5 km (direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1249.9 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1750 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 82%, hill: 17%, 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 agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Gran Canaria Airport (at a distance of 11 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport (at a distance of 116 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

19.9 km2

26.7%

Agriculture

32.9 km2

44.1%

Urban area

12.9 km2

17.3%

Rock-Sand

8.8 km2

11.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of La Unión in country Spain

La Unión 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	31 km	NorthNorthWest
2 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	113 km	NorthWest
3 Teide National Park	Spain	130 km	NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Amurga	ES	4.3 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Sardina

Type of weather in Sardina	clear sky
Current temperature:	23 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.06 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	33 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	10 hour and 38 minutes
Sunrise :	08:29 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:07 Europe/Amsterdam