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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -15.6626,Lat: 28.1297
Elevation	173 meter above sea level
Local time	21:05:37pm
At island	Gran-canaria
Name province/region	Canarias
Name Subregion	Las Palmas
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Gáldar

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 San Isidro	0.3 km	NorthEast
2 Marmolejos	0.6 km	EastNorthEast
3 El Roque	0.8 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Quintanas Los	0.9 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Las Majadillas	1 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1290 km	EastNorthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	1292 km	NorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1716 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction North). 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 22 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Moriscos with a height of 1771 meter (at a distance of 13.4 km and direction South).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Gran Canaria (Fissure vent) at a distance of 16.8 km (direction SouthSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1236.9 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1732 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 52%, hill: 32%, low mountains: 16%, moderate high mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). 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 36 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport (at a distance of 80 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

15 km2

21.6%

Agriculture

48.1 km2

69.4%

Urban area

5.5 km2

7.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of La Enconada in country Spain

La Enconada 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	9.3 km	SouthSouthWest
2 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	77 km	NorthWest
3 Teide National Park	Spain	100 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Amagro	ES	0.3 km	NorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gáldar

Type of weather in Gáldar	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	20 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.71 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	71 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	13 hour and 22 minutes
Sunrise :	08:18 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:40 Europe/Amsterdam