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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -15.5072,Lat: 28.1132
Elevation	199 meter above sea level
Local time	23:44:03pm
At island	Gran-canaria
Name province/region	Canarias
Name Subregion	Las Palmas
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Arucas

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Lomo de Arucas	0.3 km	NorthWest
2 Urbanización San Francisco Javier	0.4 km	SouthSouthEast
3 La Guitarrilla	0.5 km	SouthWest
4 Lomo Grande	0.5 km	East
5 Hoya de Aríñez	0.6 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1281 km	EastNorthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	1288 km	NorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1709 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction EastNorthEast). 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 24.3 km in SouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Moriscos with a height of 1771 meter (at a distance of 14.4 km and direction WestSouthWest).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Gran Canaria (Fissure vent) at a distance of 13.9 km (direction SouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1229.7 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1722 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 33%, hill: 59%, low mountains: 8%, The hills are mainly northern 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 24 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport (at a distance of 95 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

22.3 km2

32.4%

Agriculture

38.6 km2

56.2%

Urban area

7.8 km2

11.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Las Palmeras in country Spain

Las Palmeras 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	17 km	West
2 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	92 km	NorthWest
3 Teide National Park	Spain	116 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Pino Santo	ES	2.4 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Arucas

Type of weather in Arucas	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	19 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.87 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	89 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	13 hour and 22 minutes
Sunrise :	08:17 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:39 Europe/Amsterdam