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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -15.6078,Lat: 28.0573
Elevation	614 meter above sea level
Local time	5:13:15am
At island	Gran-canaria
Name province/region	Canarias
Name Subregion	Las Palmas
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Moya

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Valsendero	2 km	SouthEast
2 Barranco del Pinar	2.4 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Caserón	2.8 km	East
4 Hoya del Pedregal	3.1 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Troyanas	3.3 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1292 km	EastNorthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	1297 km	NorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1720 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 9 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 14.9 km in SouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Moriscos with a height of 1771 meter (at a distance of 4.3 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Gran Canaria (Fissure vent) at a distance of 7 km (direction South). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1240.1 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1736 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 1%, low mountains: 23%, moderate high mountains: 65%, high mountains: 12%, 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 27 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport (at a distance of 89 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

21.3 km2

27.1%

Nature

11.5 km2

14.7%

Agriculture

45.7 km2

58.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Fontanales in country Spain

Fontanales 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	5.4 km	West
2 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	86 km	NorthWest
3 Teide National Park	Spain	108 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Barranco Oscuro	ES	1 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Valleseco

Type of weather in Valleseco	broken clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.22 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	72 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	13 hour and 21 minutes
Sunrise :	08:18 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:39 Europe/Amsterdam