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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -15.4484,Lat: 27.809
Elevation	78 meter above sea level
Local time	14:23:02pm
At island	Gran-canaria
Name province/region	Canarias
Name Subregion	Las Palmas
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	San Bartolomé de Tirajana

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Las Salinas del Matorral	1.1 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Castillo del Romeral	1.6 km	WestSouthWest
3 Los Rodeos	1.8 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Juan Grande	2.4 km	WestNorthWest
5 El Doctoral	2.7 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1300 km	EastNorthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	1315 km	NorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1733 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

El Matorral lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthSouthWest). 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 22.1 km in NorthWestern direction).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Gran Canaria (Fissure vent) at a distance of 25.4 km (direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1253.3 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1755 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 8%, low location: 91%, hill: 1%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. 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 14 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport (at a distance of 119 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

5.6 km2

13.4%

Agriculture

23.4 km2

56%

Urban area

5.3 km2

12.7%

Infrastructure

0.5 km2

1.2%

Rock-Sand

6.2 km2

14.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of El Matorral in country Spain

El Matorral 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	34 km	NorthNorthWest
2 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	117 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Teide National Park	Spain	133 km	NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Juncalillo del Sur	ES	2.1 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Castillo del Romeral

Type of weather in Castillo del Romeral	few clouds
Current temperature:	24 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	11.83 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 6)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	62 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	13 hour and 18 minutes
Sunrise :	08:19 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:37 Europe/Amsterdam