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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -15.4713,Lat: 28.0588
Elevation	318 meter above sea level
Local time	12:11:40pm
At island	Gran-canaria
Name province/region	Canarias
Name Subregion	Las Palmas
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 La Palma	0.3 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Siete Puertas	0.8 km	NorthWest
3 Tafira Alta	0.9 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Los Lentiscos	1 km	SouthWest
5 Monte Lentiscal	1.1 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1283 km	EastNorthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	1291 km	NorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1712 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 5 km (direction EastSouthEast). 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 21.8 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Moriscos with a height of 1771 meter (at a distance of 14.7 km and direction West).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Gran Canaria (Fissure vent) at a distance of 12.3 km (direction WestSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1232.5 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1726 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 17%, hill: 64%, low mountains: 19%, The hills are mainly northern 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 17 km and direction SouthSouthEast).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)

Nature

31.2 km2

39.8%

Agriculture

32.5 km2

41.5%

Viticulture

2 km2

2.6%

Urban area

10.6 km2

13.5%

Infrastructure

1.1 km2

1.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of La Calzada in country Spain

La Calzada 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	19 km	WestNorthWest
2 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	98 km	NorthWest
3 Teide National Park	Spain	121 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Pino Santo	ES	0.2 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Tafira Baja

Type of weather in Tafira Baja	few clouds
Current temperature:	20 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	9.26 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	53 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	13 hour and 17 minutes
Sunrise :	08:19 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:37 Europe/Amsterdam