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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -15.6619,Lat: 28.1595
Elevation	meter above sea level
Local time	3:01:15am
At island	Gran-canaria
Name province/region	Canarias
Name Subregion	Las Palmas
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Gáldar

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Nido Cuervo	1.4 km	SouthSouthWest
2 El Corralete	1.5 km	West
3 Gáldar	2 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Barrial	2 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Las Majadillas	2.3 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1288 km	EastNorthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	1289 km	NorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1714 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

El Agujero lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction North). The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de la Cueva de las Niñas (0.6 km² at a height of around 892 meter above sea level) at a distance of 25.3 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Moriscos with a height of 1771 meter (at a distance of 16.5 km and direction South).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Gran Canaria (Fissure vent) at a distance of 19.7 km (direction South). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1234.2 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1728 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 72%, hill: 27%, low mountains: 0%, 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 38 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport (at a distance of 78 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

12.6 km2

31%

Agriculture

22.8 km2

56.1%

Urban area

4.5 km2

11.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of El Agujero in country Spain

El Agujero 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	13 km	SouthSouthWest
2 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	75 km	NorthWest
3 Teide National Park	Spain	99 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Amagro	ES	1.9 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gáldar

Type of weather in Gáldar	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	19 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.58 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1022 mb
Humidity:	77 %
Daylength at 1 May 2024:	13 hour and 15 minutes
Sunrise :	08:22 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:37 Europe/Amsterdam