Fraile Pintado Qibla Direction
Find accurate Qibla direction from Fraile Pintado, Jujuy, Argentina
Qibla Details for Fraile Pintado
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Qibla direction in Fraile Pintado?
The Qibla direction from Fraile Pintado, Jujuy, Argentina is 75.2° (ENE) from North. This is the direction Muslims in Fraile Pintado should face during their daily prayers (Salah).
How far is Fraile Pintado from Mecca?
The distance from Fraile Pintado to Mecca (Kaaba) is approximately 12,388 kilometers. This is the great-circle distance calculated using the Haversine formula.
How to find Qibla direction in Fraile Pintado?
Use our free Qibla compass above. For the most accurate direction, click "Use My Exact Location" to enable GPS. On mobile devices, you can also enable the live compass feature which rotates in real-time as you move your phone.
How accurate is this Qibla direction?
Our Qibla calculation uses the great-circle bearing formula which provides 99.9% accuracy. The calculation accounts for Earth's curvature, ensuring precision regardless of distance. For your exact location within Fraile Pintado, enable GPS for personalized accuracy.
What is the compass bearing for the Qibla in Fraile Pintado?
The great-circle Qibla bearing from Fraile Pintado is 75.2° (ENE). A fixed magnetic-compass (rhumb-line) heading would read about 66°. For prayer, use the great-circle value of 75.2°.
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Finding Qibla Direction in Fraile Pintado
The Qibla direction from Fraile Pintado, Jujuy, Argentina is 75.2° from true north, pointing towards the east-northeast. The Kaaba in Mecca lies about 12,388 km (7,698 miles) away. Geographically, Fraile Pintado sits to the west-southwest of Mecca, so the shortest path back to the Kaaba runs to your east-northeast.
The Qibla (قِبْلَة) is the direction that Muslims face when performing their daily prayers (Salah). All Muslims around the world face the Kaaba, located in Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, during prayer. From Fraile Pintado, this means facing east-northeast (75.2°).
Great-circle vs compass bearing in Fraile Pintado
Our Qibla finder uses the great-circle bearing (75.2°), the geometrically shortest path to Mecca across the curved surface of the Earth — the method accepted by most scholars. If you instead follow a single fixed compass heading (the rhumb-line bearing), it would be about 66° from Fraile Pintado. The two differ because long-distance routes curve on a globe; for prayer, use the great-circle value of 75.2°.
Using a compass in Fraile Pintado
A phone or magnetic compass points to magnetic north, which can differ from true north by several degrees depending on your exact spot in Fraile Pintado. For the most reliable result, tap "Use My Exact Location" above so the compass corrects to your GPS position, then turn until it reads 75.2° (east-northeast) and shows ALIGNED.