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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -15.5567,Lat: 28.0976
Elevation	498 meter above sea level
Local time	5:12:54am
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 El Risco	0.9 km	North
2 Padilla	1.1 km	NorthNorthEast
3 La Caldera	1.2 km	EastNorthEast
4 Firgas	1.3 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Los Rosales	1.4 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1285 km	EastNorthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	1291 km	NorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1713 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 5 km (direction NorthNorthEast). 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 20.9 km in SouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Moriscos with a height of 1771 meter (at a distance of 10.1 km and direction SouthWest).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Gran Canaria (Fissure vent) at a distance of 10.8 km (direction SouthSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1233.8 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1727 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 9%, hill: 45%, low mountains: 38%, moderate high mountains: 8%, 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 91 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

6 km2

7.6%

Nature

14.3 km2

18.2%

Agriculture

54.8 km2

69.8%

Urban area

3.5 km2

4.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of La Cruz in country Spain

La Cruz 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	West
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	1.2 km	West

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Filming Location	IMDB La Cruz
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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:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.01 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	13 hour and 23 minutes
Sunrise :	08:17 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:40 Europe/Amsterdam