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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -15.4506,Lat: 28.07
Elevation	189 meter above sea level
Local time	15:18:36pm
At island	Gran-canaria
Name province/region	Canarias
Name Subregion	Las Palmas
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 El Fondillo	0.8 km	SouthSouthWest
2 La Cantera	0.8 km	South
3 Pico Viento	0.9 km	EastNorthEast
4 Zurbarán	1 km	North
5 Monteluz	1 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1280 km	EastNorthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	1290 km	NorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1710 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction SouthEast). 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 24.1 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Moriscos with a height of 1771 meter (at a distance of 17 km and direction West).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Gran Canaria (Fissure vent) at a distance of 14.6 km (direction WestSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1230.4 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1723 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 40%, hill: 56%, low mountains: 3%, 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 nature.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Gran Canaria Airport (at a distance of 17 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport (at a distance of 102 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

24.8 km2

34.6%

Agriculture

22.9 km2

32%

Viticulture

2 km2

2.8%

Urban area

20 km2

27.9%

Infrastructure

1.2 km2

1.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Tafira Baja in country Spain

Tafira Baja 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	21 km	West
2 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	99 km	NorthWest
3 Teide National Park	Spain	123 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Pino Santo	ES	1.2 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Tafira Baja

Type of weather in Tafira Baja	few clouds
Current temperature:	21 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	11.83 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 6)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	60 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	13 hour and 19 minutes
Sunrise :	08:19 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:37 Europe/Amsterdam