Amarante do Maranhão Qibla Direction

Find accurate Qibla direction from Amarante do Maranhão, Maranhão, Brazil

Qibla: 68.3° ENE
Distance: 9,881 km
Coords: -5.57°, -46.64°
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Amarante do Maranhão
68.3°
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9,881 km

Qibla Details for Amarante do Maranhão

Qibla Angle68.3° from North
Cardinal DirectionENE
Compass Bearing72.3°
Distance to Kaaba9,881 km / 6,140 mi
RegionMaranhão
Latitude-5.5694°
Longitude-46.6410°

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the Qibla direction in Amarante do Maranhão?

The Qibla direction from Amarante do Maranhão, Maranhão, Brazil is 68.3° (ENE) from North. This is the direction Muslims in Amarante do Maranhão should face during their daily prayers (Salah).

How far is Amarante do Maranhão from Mecca?

The distance from Amarante do Maranhão to Mecca (Kaaba) is approximately 9,881 kilometers. This is the great-circle distance calculated using the Haversine formula.

How to find Qibla direction in Amarante do Maranhão?

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 Amarante do Maranhão, enable GPS for personalized accuracy.

What is the compass bearing for the Qibla in Amarante do Maranhão?

The great-circle Qibla bearing from Amarante do Maranhão is 68.3° (ENE). A fixed magnetic-compass (rhumb-line) heading would read about 72.3°. For prayer, use the great-circle value of 68.3°.

Finding Qibla Direction in Amarante do Maranhão

The Qibla direction from Amarante do Maranhão, Maranhão, Brazil is 68.3° from true north, pointing towards the east-northeast. The Kaaba in Mecca lies about 9,881 km (6,140 miles) away. Geographically, Amarante do Maranhão sits to the west 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 Amarante do Maranhão, this means facing east-northeast (68.3°).

Great-circle vs compass bearing in Amarante do Maranhão

Our Qibla finder uses the great-circle bearing (68.3°), 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 72.3° from Amarante do Maranhão. The two differ because long-distance routes curve on a globe; for prayer, use the great-circle value of 68.3°.

Using a compass in Amarante do Maranhão

A phone or magnetic compass points to magnetic north, which can differ from true north by several degrees depending on your exact spot in Amarante do Maranhão. For the most reliable result, tap "Use My Exact Location" above so the compass corrects to your GPS position, then turn until it reads 68.3° (east-northeast) and shows ALIGNED.