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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -15.431,Lat: 27.8562
Elevation	125 meter above sea level
Local time	12:04:46pm
At island	Gran-canaria
Name province/region	Canarias
Name Subregion	Las Palmas
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Santa Lucía de Tirajana

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Balos Ii	0.4 km	North
2 La Vereda	0.4 km	WestSouthWest
3 El Cruce Ii	0.5 km	WestNorthWest
4 El Cruce I	0.8 km	West
5 El Canario	1 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1295 km	EastNorthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	1310 km	NorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1727 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction SouthEast). 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 21.3 km in NorthWestern direction).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Gran Canaria (Fissure vent) at a distance of 22.3 km (direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1248.2 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1747 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 3%, low location: 91%, hill: 5%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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 9.1 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport (at a distance of 117 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

13.9 km2

21.2%

Agriculture

32 km2

48.7%

Urban area

13.8 km2

20.9%

Rock-Sand

6 km2

9.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Balos I in country Spain

Balos I 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	32 km	NorthNorthWest
2 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	115 km	NorthWest
3 Teide National Park	Spain	132 km	NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Playa del Cabrón	ES	2.9 km	SouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Cruce de Arinaga

Type of weather in Cruce de Arinaga	few clouds
Current temperature:	22 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	10.29 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1023 mb
Humidity:	46 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	13 hour and 11 minutes
Sunrise :	08:23 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:34 Europe/Amsterdam