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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -15.5318,Lat: 28.0071
Elevation	598 meter above sea level
Local time	23:14:41pm
At island	Gran-canaria
Name province/region	Canarias
Name Subregion	Las Palmas
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Vega de San Mateo

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Vega de San Mateo	0.3 km	NorthNorthWest
2 La Veguetilla	0.7 km	NorthEast
3 El Chorrillo	0.8 km	North
4 Lomo Caballo	1.1 km	North
5 Los Chorros	1.2 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1291 km	EastNorthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	1299 km	NorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1720 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 12 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 13.8 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Moriscos with a height of 1771 meter (at a distance of 8.4 km and direction WestNorthWest).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Gran Canaria (Fissure vent) at a distance of 4.8 km (direction West). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1240.3 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1736 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 3%, low mountains: 39%, moderate high mountains: 48%, high mountains: 10%, 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 17 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport (at a distance of 99 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

4.6 km2

5.9%

Nature

35.7 km2

45.4%

Agriculture

36.4 km2

46.3%

Viticulture

0.5 km2

0.6%

Urban area

1.4 km2

1.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of La Higuera in country Spain

La Higuera 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	14 km	NorthWest
2 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	96 km	NorthWest
3 Teide National Park	Spain	117 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Pino Santo	ES	1.4 km	NorthNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Vega de San Mateo

Type of weather in Vega de San Mateo	few clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.75 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	13 hour and 23 minutes
Sunrise :	08:17 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:39 Europe/Amsterdam