El Cocuy Qibla Direction
Find accurate Qibla direction from El Cocuy, Boyacá, Colombia
Qibla Details for El Cocuy
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Qibla direction in El Cocuy?
The Qibla direction from El Cocuy, Boyacá, Colombia is 65° (ENE) from North. This is the direction Muslims in El Cocuy should face during their daily prayers (Salah).
How far is El Cocuy from Mecca?
The distance from El Cocuy to Mecca (Kaaba) is approximately 12,031 kilometers. This is the great-circle distance calculated using the Haversine formula.
How to find Qibla direction in El Cocuy?
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 El Cocuy, enable GPS for personalized accuracy.
What is the compass bearing for the Qibla in El Cocuy?
The great-circle Qibla bearing from El Cocuy is 65° (ENE). A fixed magnetic-compass (rhumb-line) heading would read about 82.1°. For prayer, use the great-circle value of 65°.
Finding Qibla Direction in El Cocuy
The Qibla direction from El Cocuy, Boyacá, Colombia is 65° from true north, pointing towards the east-northeast. The Kaaba in Mecca lies about 12,031 km (7,476 miles) away. Geographically, El Cocuy 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 El Cocuy, this means facing east-northeast (65°).
Great-circle vs compass bearing in El Cocuy
Our Qibla finder uses the great-circle bearing (65°), 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 82.1° from El Cocuy. The two differ because long-distance routes curve on a globe; for prayer, use the great-circle value of 65°.
Using a compass in El Cocuy
A phone or magnetic compass points to magnetic north, which can differ from true north by several degrees depending on your exact spot in El Cocuy. For the most reliable result, tap "Use My Exact Location" above so the compass corrects to your GPS position, then turn until it reads 65° (east-northeast) and shows ALIGNED.