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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -15.4743,Lat: 28.1151
Elevation	155 meter above sea level
Local time	2:18:14am
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

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Cuevas Blancas	1 km	North
2 Las Majadillas	1.3 km	SouthEast
3 Lomo Los Frailes	1.5 km	South
4 Tamaraceite	1.6 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Ladera Alta	1.7 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1279 km	EastNorthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	1286 km	NorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1707 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Los Giles lies at the Atlantic Ocean (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 26.2 km in SouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Moriscos with a height of 1771 meter (at a distance of 17 km and direction WestSouthWest).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Gran Canaria (Fissure vent) at a distance of 15.9 km (direction WestSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1227.7 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1719 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 49%, hill: 50%, low mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly 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 22 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport (at a distance of 98 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

15.6 km2

25.6%

Agriculture

24.3 km2

39.8%

Urban area

20 km2

32.8%

Infrastructure

0.7 km2

1.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Los Giles in country Spain

Los Giles 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	20 km	West
2 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	95 km	NorthWest
3 Teide National Park	Spain	119 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Bahía del Confital	ES	1.3 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Tamaraceite

Type of weather in Tamaraceite	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	24 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.29 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	60 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	10 hour and 37 minutes
Sunrise :	08:29 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:06 Europe/Amsterdam