Saliña Cerca Qibla Direction
Find accurate Qibla direction from Saliña Cerca, Other, Aruba
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Qibla direction in Saliña Cerca?
The Qibla direction from Saliña Cerca, Other, Aruba is 64.1° (ENE) from North. This is the direction Muslims in Saliña Cerca should face during their daily prayers (Salah).
How far is Saliña Cerca from Mecca?
The distance from Saliña Cerca to Mecca (Kaaba) is approximately 11,493 kilometers. This is the great-circle distance calculated using the Haversine formula.
How to find Qibla direction in Saliña Cerca?
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 Saliña Cerca, enable GPS for personalized accuracy.
What is the compass bearing for the Qibla in Saliña Cerca?
The great-circle Qibla bearing from Saliña Cerca is 64.1° (ENE). A fixed magnetic-compass (rhumb-line) heading would read about 85.2°. For prayer, use the great-circle value of 64.1°.
Finding Qibla Direction in Saliña Cerca
The Qibla direction from Saliña Cerca, Other, Aruba is 64.1° from true north, pointing towards the east-northeast. The Kaaba in Mecca lies about 11,493 km (7,141 miles) away. Geographically, Saliña Cerca sits to the west-northwest 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 Saliña Cerca, this means facing east-northeast (64.1°).
Great-circle vs compass bearing in Saliña Cerca
Our Qibla finder uses the great-circle bearing (64.1°), 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 85.2° from Saliña Cerca. The two differ because long-distance routes curve on a globe; for prayer, use the great-circle value of 64.1°.
Using a compass in Saliña Cerca
A phone or magnetic compass points to magnetic north, which can differ from true north by several degrees depending on your exact spot in Saliña Cerca. For the most reliable result, tap "Use My Exact Location" above so the compass corrects to your GPS position, then turn until it reads 64.1° (east-northeast) and shows ALIGNED.