Magalhães Barata Qibla Direction
Find accurate Qibla direction from Magalhães Barata, Pará, Brazil
Qibla Details for Magalhães Barata
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Qibla direction in Magalhães Barata?
The Qibla direction from Magalhães Barata, Pará, Brazil is 68.5° (ENE) from North. This is the direction Muslims in Magalhães Barata should face during their daily prayers (Salah).
How far is Magalhães Barata from Mecca?
The distance from Magalhães Barata to Mecca (Kaaba) is approximately 9,788 kilometers. This is the great-circle distance calculated using the Haversine formula.
How to find Qibla direction in Magalhães Barata?
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 Magalhães Barata, enable GPS for personalized accuracy.
What is the compass bearing for the Qibla in Magalhães Barata?
The great-circle Qibla bearing from Magalhães Barata is 68.5° (ENE). A fixed magnetic-compass (rhumb-line) heading would read about 75.4°. For prayer, use the great-circle value of 68.5°.
Finding Qibla Direction in Magalhães Barata
The Qibla direction from Magalhães Barata, Pará, Brazil is 68.5° from true north, pointing towards the east-northeast. The Kaaba in Mecca lies about 9,788 km (6,082 miles) away. Geographically, Magalhães Barata 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 Magalhães Barata, this means facing east-northeast (68.5°).
Great-circle vs compass bearing in Magalhães Barata
Our Qibla finder uses the great-circle bearing (68.5°), 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 75.4° from Magalhães Barata. The two differ because long-distance routes curve on a globe; for prayer, use the great-circle value of 68.5°.
Using a compass in Magalhães Barata
A phone or magnetic compass points to magnetic north, which can differ from true north by several degrees depending on your exact spot in Magalhães Barata. For the most reliable result, tap "Use My Exact Location" above so the compass corrects to your GPS position, then turn until it reads 68.5° (east-northeast) and shows ALIGNED.