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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -15.531,Lat: 27.9786
Elevation	640 meter above sea level
Local time	3:22:25am
At island	Gran-canaria
Name province/region	Canarias
Name Subregion	Las Palmas
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Valsequillo de Gran Canaria

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Tenteniguada	1.1 km	EastNorthEast
2 Casas Blancas	1.3 km	NorthEast
3 Las Casillas	2.2 km	NorthEast
4 Era de Mota	2.6 km	East
5 La Lechucilla	2.7 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1293 km	EastNorthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	1302 km	NorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1722 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 13 km (direction EastNorthEast). 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 11.9 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Moriscos with a height of 1771 meter (at a distance of 9.6 km and direction NorthWest).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Gran Canaria (Fissure vent) at a distance of 5.6 km (direction NorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1242.8 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1740 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 1%, low mountains: 22%, moderate high mountains: 51%, high mountains: 26%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Gran Canaria Airport (at a distance of 16 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport (at a distance of 101 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

10.7 km2

13.7%

Nature

47 km2

59.8%

Agriculture

19.6 km2

25%

Viticulture

0.5 km2

0.6%

Urban area

0.8 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of El Rincón in country Spain

El Rincón 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	15 km	NorthWest
2 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	98 km	NorthWest
3 Teide National Park	Spain	118 km	NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Los Marteles	ES	0.3 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Tenteniguada

Type of weather in Tenteniguada	broken clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.23 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	77 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	13 hour and 23 minutes
Sunrise :	08:17 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:39 Europe/Amsterdam