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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -15.5565,Lat: 28.0044
Elevation	556 meter above sea level
Local time	2:08:09am
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 La Lechuza	0.3 km	SouthSouthEast
2 La Lechucilla	1.2 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Cuatro Caminos	1.2 km	EastSouthEast
4 Los Chorros	1.3 km	East
5 Utiaca	1.7 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1292 km	EastNorthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	1300 km	NorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1721 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 15 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 12 km in SouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Moriscos with a height of 1771 meter (at a distance of 6.1 km and direction WestNorthWest).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Gran Canaria (Fissure vent) at a distance of 2.4 km (direction West). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1241.9 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1739 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 16%, moderate high mountains: 56%, high mountains: 28%, 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 19 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport (at a distance of 97 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

14.1 km2

18%

Nature

32.3 km2

41.2%

Agriculture

31.2 km2

39.8%

Viticulture

0.5 km2

0.6%

Urban area

0.3 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Las Cuevas in country Spain

Las Cuevas 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	NorthWest
2 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	94 km	NorthWest
3 Teide National Park	Spain	114 km	NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Pino Santo	ES	1.7 km	NorthEast

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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:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.69 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	72 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	13 hour and 20 minutes
Sunrise :	08:18 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:38 Europe/Amsterdam