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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -15.4362,Lat: 27.9129
Elevation	168 meter above sea level
Local time	8:31:05am
At island	Gran-canaria
Name province/region	Canarias
Name Subregion	Las Palmas
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Ingenio

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ingenio	0.8 km	North
2 El Sequero	1.1 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Las Mejías	1.3 km	NorthEast
4 Agüimes	1.4 km	WestSouthWest
5 La Banda	2 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1291 km	EastNorthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	1304 km	NorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1723 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 5 km (direction EastSouthEast). 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 19.6 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Moriscos with a height of 1771 meter (at a distance of 21.8 km and direction NorthWest).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Gran Canaria (Fissure vent) at a distance of 17.7 km (direction NorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1243.4 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1741 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 50%, hill: 38%, low mountains: 11%, moderate high mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly 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 5.3 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport (at a distance of 113 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

28.9 km2

36.8%

Agriculture

37.8 km2

48.1%

Urban area

8 km2

10.2%

Infrastructure

1.2 km2

1.5%

Rock-Sand

2.7 km2

3.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of El Carrión in country Spain

El Carrión 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	27 km	NorthWest
2 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	110 km	NorthWest
3 Teide National Park	Spain	129 km	NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Barranco de Guayadeque	ES	0.5 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ingenio

Type of weather in Ingenio	few clouds
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.2 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	72 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	13 hour and 21 minutes
Sunrise :	08:17 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:38 Europe/Amsterdam