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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -15.4304,Lat: 28.0376
Elevation	140 meter above sea level
Local time	1:04:23am
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
Other place with same name 1	Santa Margarita Galicia - Coruña, A
Other place with same name 2	Santa Margarita Andalucía - Cádiz

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Montequemado	0.4 km	West
2 Marzagán	0.5 km	NorthEast
3 Llano de las Nieves	0.5 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Llanos de la Barrera	0.7 km	EastNorthEast
5 Los Hornos del Rey	0.8 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1281 km	EastNorthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	1292 km	NorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1712 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 23.5 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Moriscos with a height of 1771 meter (at a distance of 18.4 km and direction WestNorthWest).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Gran Canaria (Fissure vent) at a distance of 15.3 km (direction West). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1232.1 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1725 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 46%, hill: 51%, low mountains: 2%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is nature.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Gran Canaria Airport (at a distance of 13 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport (at a distance of 106 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

27.4 km2

42.9%

Agriculture

19.3 km2

30.2%

Viticulture

2 km2

3.2%

Urban area

12.4 km2

19.4%

Infrastructure

0.7 km2

1.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Santa Margarita in country Spain

Santa Margarita 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	23 km	WestNorthWest
2 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	103 km	NorthWest
3 Teide National Park	Spain	125 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Bandama	ES	0.8 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at San Francisco de Paula

Type of weather in San Francisco de Paula	clear sky
Current temperature:	25 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.14 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	31 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	10 hour and 38 minutes
Sunrise :	08:29 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:06 Europe/Amsterdam