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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -15.5339,Lat: 28.1509
Elevation	127 meter above sea level
Local time	2:45:27am
At island	Gran-canaria
Name province/region	Canarias
Name Subregion	Las Palmas
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Arucas

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 La Cuestilla	0.4 km	South
2 Bañaderos	0.5 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Escaleritas	0.9 km	SouthWest
4 Cruz de Pineda	1 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Cardonal	1.2 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1280 km	EastNorthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	1285 km	NorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1707 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

El Puertillo lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction NorthWest). 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 27 km in SouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Moriscos with a height of 1771 meter (at a distance of 16.1 km and direction SouthWest).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Gran Canaria (Fissure vent) at a distance of 16.8 km (direction SouthSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1227.9 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1719 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 53%, hill: 47%, 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 29 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport (at a distance of 90 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

6.3 km2

18.3%

Agriculture

25.9 km2

75.1%

Urban area

2.3 km2

6.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of El Puertillo in country Spain

El Puertillo 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	17 km	WestSouthWest
2 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	87 km	NorthWest
3 Teide National Park	Spain	112 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Área marina de La Isleta	ES	5.4 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Arucas

Type of weather in Arucas	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	19 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.99 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	13 hour and 22 minutes
Sunrise :	08:17 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:39 Europe/Amsterdam