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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -15.4319,Lat: 27.8599
Elevation	129 meter above sea level
Local time	10:20:58am
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 I	0.4 km	South
2 El Cruce Ii	0.6 km	WestSouthWest
3 La Vereda	0.8 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Los Llanos	0.8 km	WestNorthWest
5 El Cruce I	0.9 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1295 km	EastNorthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	1309 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 21.1 km in NorthWestern direction).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Gran Canaria (Fissure vent) at a distance of 22 km (direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1247.9 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1747 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 3%, low location: 89%, hill: 9%, 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 8.8 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

16.3 km2

24.1%

Agriculture

31.9 km2

47.2%

Urban area

14.1 km2

20.8%

Rock-Sand

5.3 km2

7.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Balos Ii in country Spain

Balos Ii 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	31 km	NorthNorthWest
2 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	114 km	NorthWest
3 Teide National Park	Spain	132 km	NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Playa del Cabrón	ES	3.1 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	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	19 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	9.77 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1022 mb
Humidity:	52 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	13 hour and 11 minutes
Sunrise :	08:23 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:34 Europe/Amsterdam