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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -15.4807,Lat: 28.0122
Elevation	523 meter above sea level
Local time	9:18:56am
At island	Gran-canaria
Name province/region	Canarias
Name Subregion	Las Palmas
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Telde

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Las Chozas	1.2 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Los Pinos	1.2 km	SouthEast
3 Las Goteras	1.4 km	NorthEast
4 San Roque	1.4 km	SouthEast
5 La Cantera	1.5 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1287 km	EastNorthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	1296 km	NorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1717 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 7 km (direction East). 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 18 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Moriscos with a height of 1771 meter (at a distance of 13.4 km and direction WestNorthWest).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Gran Canaria (Fissure vent) at a distance of 9.9 km (direction West). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1237.1 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1732 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 2%, hill: 51%, low mountains: 40%, moderate high mountains: 7%, 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 13 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport (at a distance of 103 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

39.5 km2

50.3%

Agriculture

33.6 km2

42.8%

Viticulture

2 km2

2.6%

Urban area

2.6 km2

3.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of La Gavia in country Spain

La Gavia 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	100 km	NorthWest
3 Teide National Park	Spain	121 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Bandama	ES	0.7 km	North

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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:	7.72 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	73 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	13 hour and 24 minutes
Sunrise :	08:16 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:40 Europe/Amsterdam