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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -16.2919,Lat: 28.5152
Elevation	762 meter above sea level
Local time	23:59:18pm
At island	Tenerife
Name province/region	Canarias
Name Subregion	Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	San Cristóbal de la Laguna

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Las Mercedes	0.6 km	North
2 Jardina	1.1 km	WestSouthWest
3 Las Canteras	1.4 km	West
4 Blas Nuñez	1.5 km	WestNorthWest
5 Faria	2 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	1282 km	NorthEast
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1307 km	EastNorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1720 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 6 km (direction North). The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de la Cueva de las Niñas (0.6 km² at a height of around 892 meter above sea level) at a distance of 91.9 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Teide (Stratovolcano) at a distance of 42.4 km (direction WestSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1240.5 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1737 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 2%, hill: 33%, low mountains: 58%, moderate high mountains: 7%, The hills are mainly southwestern 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 Tenerife Sur Airport (at a distance of 57 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport (at a distance of 5.9 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.3 km2

0.3%

Nature

51.4 km2

65.5%

Agriculture

14.2 km2

18.1%

Viticulture

2.5 km2

3.2%

Urban area

10.1 km2

12.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Vega de las Mercedes in country Spain

Vega de las Mercedes at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	4.4 km	SouthWest
2 Teide National Park	Spain	43 km	WestSouthWest
3 Risco Caido and the Sacred Mountains of Gran Canaria Cultural Landscape	Spain	84 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Anaga	ES	0.6 km	EastSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Las Mercedes

Type of weather in Las Mercedes	broken clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.06 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1022 mb
Humidity:	80 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	13 hour and 17 minutes
Sunrise :	08:23 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:40 Europe/Amsterdam