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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -15.4825,Lat: 27.9983
Elevation	525 meter above sea level
Local time	15:30:00pm
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 Las Chozas	0.4 km	North
2 Los Almendros	0.5 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Las Casas	0.7 km	SouthWest
4 Luis Verde	1 km	WestSouthWest
5 Los Llanetes	1 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1288 km	EastNorthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	1298 km	NorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1718 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 8 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 17 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Moriscos with a height of 1771 meter (at a distance of 13.5 km and direction WestNorthWest).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Gran Canaria (Fissure vent) at a distance of 9.8 km (direction WestNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1238.4 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1734 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 1%, hill: 41%, low mountains: 41%, moderate high mountains: 17%, 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 12 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport (at a distance of 104 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

43 km2

54.8%

Agriculture

30.7 km2

39%

Viticulture

1.2 km2

1.5%

Urban area

2.3 km2

2.9%

Rock-Sand

0.1 km2

0.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of La Cantera in country Spain

La Cantera 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	NorthWest
2 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	101 km	NorthWest
3 Teide National Park	Spain	122 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Los Marteles	ES	1.9 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Canary Islands

Type of weather in Canary Islands	few clouds
Current temperature:	19 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	10.8 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 6)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	56 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	13 hour and 17 minutes
Sunrise :	08:20 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:37 Europe/Amsterdam