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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -14.081,Lat: 28.3945
Elevation	436 meter above sea level
Local time	16:13:19pm
At island	Fuerteventura
Name province/region	Canarias
Name Subregion	Las Palmas
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Betancuria

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Toto	3.8 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Betancuria	3.9 km	NorthEast
3 Mézquez	4.4 km	West
4 Pájara	5.4 km	SouthWest
5 Tiscamanita	6.9 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1165 km	EastNorthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	1209 km	NorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1608 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 7 km (direction WestNorthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Laguna de Janubio (0.6 km² at a distance of 62.4 km in NorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Gran Montaña with a height of 708 meter (at a distance of 2.9 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Fuerteventura (Fissure vent) at a distance of 7.5 km (direction SouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1130.5 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1583 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 10%, hill: 73%, low mountains: 17%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Fuerteventura Airport (at a distance of 22 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Hassan I Airport (at a distance of 165 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.2 km2

2.8%

Nature

68.2 km2

86.7%

Agriculture

7.8 km2

9.9%

Urban area

0.4 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Vega de Río Palmas in country Spain

Vega de Río Palmas 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	160 km	West
2 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	223 km	WestNorthWest
3 Teide National Park	Spain	255 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Betancuria	ES	0 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Betancuria

Type of weather in Betancuria	clear sky
Current temperature:	22 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.87 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	58 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	13 hour and 17 minutes
Sunrise :	08:14 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:31 Europe/Amsterdam