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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -15.5468,Lat: 28.0313
Elevation	777 meter above sea level
Local time	16:01:03pm
At island	Gran-canaria
Name province/region	Canarias
Name Subregion	Las Palmas
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Vega de San Mateo

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Sagrado Corazón	0.8 km	North
2 La Solana	0.9 km	East
3 Pino Santo Alto	1.1 km	East
4 Las Toscas	1.3 km	NorthWest
5 El Faro	1.4 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1290 km	EastNorthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	1297 km	NorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1719 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 13 km (direction NorthNorthEast). 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 14.9 km in SouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Moriscos with a height of 1771 meter (at a distance of 6.8 km and direction West).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Gran Canaria (Fissure vent) at a distance of 4.6 km (direction WestSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1239 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1735 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 4%, low mountains: 38%, moderate high mountains: 55%, high mountains: 3%, The hills are mainly northeastern 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 20 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport (at a distance of 96 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

7.6 km2

9.6%

Nature

27.1 km2

34.5%

Agriculture

41.9 km2

53.3%

Viticulture

0.5 km2

0.6%

Urban area

1.6 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of El Piquillo in country Spain

El Piquillo 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	12 km	WestNorthWest
2 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	93 km	NorthWest
3 Teide National Park	Spain	114 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Pino Santo	ES	1.2 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Vega de San Mateo

Type of weather in Vega de San Mateo	broken clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	11.83 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 6)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1022 mb
Humidity:	56 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	13 hour and 12 minutes
Sunrise :	08:23 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:35 Europe/Amsterdam