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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -15.4886,Lat: 28.0906
Elevation	251 meter above sea level
Local time	16:11:09pm
At island	Gran-canaria
Name province/region	Canarias
Name Subregion	Las Palmas
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Isla Perdida	0.6 km	EastSouthEast
2 La Suerte	0.8 km	EastNorthEast
3 Risco Negro	0.9 km	EastSouthEast
4 Cruz del Ovejero	1 km	NorthEast
5 El Toscón	1.1 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1281 km	EastNorthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	1289 km	NorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1710 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 4 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 23.2 km in SouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Moriscos with a height of 1771 meter (at a distance of 14.4 km and direction WestSouthWest).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Gran Canaria (Fissure vent) at a distance of 13 km (direction WestSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1230.7 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1723 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 24%, hill: 65%, low mountains: 11%, The hills are mainly northern 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 21 km and direction SouthSouthEast).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

29.2 km2

37.6%

Agriculture

33.8 km2

43.6%

Urban area

13.9 km2

17.9%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Piletas in country Spain

Piletas 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	18 km	West
2 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	95 km	NorthWest
3 Teide National Park	Spain	118 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Pino Santo	ES	0.3 km	SouthEast

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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	broken clouds
Current temperature:	20 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.23 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	69 %
Daylength at 15 May 2024:	13 hour and 33 minutes
Sunrise :	08:12 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:44 Europe/Amsterdam