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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -15.5351,Lat: 28.0946
Elevation	424 meter above sea level
Local time	8:19:36am
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 Los Portales	0.3 km	NorthEast
2 Los Peñones	0.5 km	SouthWest
3 Mirador de Los Portales	0.6 km	East
4 La Solana	0.7 km	NorthEast
5 El Picacho	0.8 km	South

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 the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 6 km (direction NorthEast). 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 21.4 km in SouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Moriscos with a height of 1771 meter (at a distance of 11.1 km and direction WestSouthWest).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Gran Canaria (Fissure vent) at a distance of 11 km (direction SouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1232.9 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1726 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 10%, hill: 52%, low mountains: 34%, moderate high mountains: 4%, 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 24 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport (at a distance of 93 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.6 km2

2.1%

Nature

20.3 km2

25.9%

Agriculture

51.8 km2

65.9%

Urban area

4.8 km2

6.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Los Castillos in country Spain

Los Castillos 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	West
2 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	90 km	NorthWest
3 Teide National Park	Spain	114 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Azuaje	ES	2.2 km	WestSouthWest

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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	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	24 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.76 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	47 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	10 hour and 37 minutes
Sunrise :	08:29 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:07 Europe/Amsterdam