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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -15.3938,Lat: 28.0014
Elevation	105 meter above sea level
Local time	7:15:47am
At island	Gran-canaria
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Canarias
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Las Palmas
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Telde

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Los Melones	0.5 km	EastSouthEast
2 Las Remudas	0.8 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Callejón del Castillo	0.8 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Montañeta del Calero	0.8 km	WestSouthWest
5 El Calero Bajo	0.9 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1282 km	EastNorthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	1294 km	NorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1713 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction EastNorthEast). 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 25.1 km in Western direction).

The nearest mountain is Moriscos with a height of 1771 meter (at a distance of 22.2 km and direction WestNorthWest).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Gran Canaria (Fissure vent) at a distance of 18.6 km (direction WestNorthWest). 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: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 82%, hill: 16%, The hills are mainly eastern 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 7.7 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport (at a distance of 111 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

14.8 km2

30.1%

Agriculture

16.9 km2

34.3%

Urban area

15.3 km2

31.2%

Rock-Sand

0.9 km2

1.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Marpequeña in country Spain

Marpequeña 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	27 km	WestNorthWest
2 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	108 km	NorthWest
3 Teide National Park	Spain	130 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Jinámar	ES	3 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Melenara

Type of weather in Melenara	few clouds
Current temperature:	20 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.06 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	72 %
Daylength at 25 November 2024:	10 hour and 35 minutes
Sunrise :	08:31 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:06 Europe/Amsterdam