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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -15.5369,Lat: 28.0902
Elevation	436 meter above sea level
Local time	11:47:02am
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 El Picacho	0.5 km	SouthEast
2 Los Castillos	0.5 km	NorthEast
3 Siete Puertas	0.8 km	WestSouthWest
4 Los Portales	0.8 km	NorthEast
5 El Escobonal	1 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1285 km	EastNorthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	1291 km	NorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1713 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 6 km (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 20.9 km in SouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Moriscos with a height of 1771 meter (at a distance of 10.7 km and direction WestSouthWest).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Gran Canaria (Fissure vent) at a distance of 10.5 km (direction SouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1233.3 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1727 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 6%, hill: 50%, low mountains: 38%, moderate high mountains: 6%, 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

1.9 km2

2.4%

Nature

21.7 km2

27.6%

Agriculture

50.2 km2

64%

Urban area

4.7 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Los Peñones in country Spain

Los Peñones 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	113 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Azuaje	ES	1.8 km	SouthWest

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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	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	25 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.2 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	37 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	10 hour and 37 minutes
Sunrise :	08:29 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:07 Europe/Amsterdam