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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -15.4322,Lat: 28.0105
Elevation	183 meter above sea level
Local time	20:45:32pm
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 Los Caserones	0.6 km	East
2 Caserones Bajos	1.2 km	SouthEast
3 Tara	1.3 km	SouthSouthEast
4 La Primavera	1.5 km	EastSouthEast
5 Lomo de la Herradura	1.5 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1284 km	EastNorthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	1295 km	NorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1714 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 4 km (direction NorthEast). 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 22 km in Western direction).

The nearest mountain is Moriscos with a height of 1771 meter (at a distance of 18.3 km and direction WestNorthWest).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Gran Canaria (Fissure vent) at a distance of 14.8 km (direction WestNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1234.6 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1728 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 47%, hill: 50%, low mountains: 3%, The hills are mainly northeastern 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 10 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport (at a distance of 107 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

28.4 km2

38%

Agriculture

29 km2

38.7%

Viticulture

1.3 km2

1.8%

Urban area

13.3 km2

17.8%

Infrastructure

0.2 km2

0.3%

Rock-Sand

0.5 km2

0.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of La Higuera Canaria in country Spain

La Higuera Canaria 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	23 km	WestNorthWest
2 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	104 km	NorthWest
3 Teide National Park	Spain	126 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Bandama	ES	2 km	NorthNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Telde

Type of weather in Telde	few clouds
Current temperature:	20 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.23 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	78 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	13 hour and 23 minutes
Sunrise :	08:16 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:39 Europe/Amsterdam