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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -15.56,Lat: 28.1053
Elevation	404 meter above sea level
Local time	19:58:52pm
At island	Gran-canaria
Name province/region	Canarias
Name Subregion	Las Palmas
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Firgas

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Firgas	0.4 km	NorthWest
2 Padilla	0.7 km	East
3 Los Rosales	0.8 km	EastNorthEast
4 La Cruz	0.9 km	South
5 La Caldera	1.3 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1285 km	EastNorthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	1290 km	NorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1713 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 4 km (direction NorthNorthEast). 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 21.5 km in SouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Moriscos with a height of 1771 meter (at a distance of 10.7 km and direction SouthWest).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Gran Canaria (Fissure vent) at a distance of 11.5 km (direction SouthSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1233.3 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1727 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 15%, hill: 45%, low mountains: 36%, moderate high mountains: 5%, 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 26 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)

Forest

5.5 km2

7.2%

Nature

10.4 km2

13.5%

Agriculture

57.6 km2

75%

Urban area

3.3 km2

4.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of El Risco in country Spain

El Risco 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	WestSouthWest
2 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	88 km	NorthWest
3 Teide National Park	Spain	111 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Azuaje	ES	0.8 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Firgas

Type of weather in Firgas	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	19 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.1 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	76 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	13 hour and 22 minutes
Sunrise :	08:18 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:39 Europe/Amsterdam