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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -15.4322,Lat: 27.9241
Elevation	194 meter above sea level
Local time	23:23:20pm
At island	Gran-canaria
Name province/region	Canarias
Name Subregion	Las Palmas
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Ingenio

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ingenio	0.6 km	WestSouthWest
2 El Sequero	1.1 km	West
3 Aguatona	1.1 km	NorthEast
4 El Carrión	1.3 km	SouthWest
5 La Banda	2.4 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1290 km	EastNorthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	1303 km	NorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1722 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 5 km (direction EastSouthEast). 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 19.9 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Moriscos with a height of 1771 meter (at a distance of 21.5 km and direction NorthWest).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Gran Canaria (Fissure vent) at a distance of 17.4 km (direction NorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1242.2 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1739 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 46%, hill: 39%, low mountains: 14%, moderate high mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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 4.6 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport (at a distance of 113 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

31 km2

39.7%

Agriculture

37.2 km2

47.7%

Urban area

6.1 km2

7.8%

Infrastructure

2.4 km2

3.1%

Rock-Sand

1.2 km2

1.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Las Mejías in country Spain

Las Mejías 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	27 km	NorthWest
2 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	110 km	NorthWest
3 Teide National Park	Spain	129 km	NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Barranco de Guayadeque	ES	1.7 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ingenio

Type of weather in Ingenio	few clouds
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.75 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	55 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	13 hour and 10 minutes
Sunrise :	08:24 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:34 Europe/Amsterdam