Pesca Qibla Direction
Find accurate Qibla direction from Pesca, Boyacá, Colombia
Qibla Details for Pesca
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Qibla direction in Pesca?
The Qibla direction from Pesca, Boyacá, Colombia is 65.1° (ENE) from North. This is the direction Muslims in Pesca should face during their daily prayers (Salah).
How far is Pesca from Mecca?
The distance from Pesca to Mecca (Kaaba) is approximately 12,135 kilometers. This is the great-circle distance calculated using the Haversine formula.
How to find Qibla direction in Pesca?
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 Pesca, enable GPS for personalized accuracy.
What is the compass bearing for the Qibla in Pesca?
The great-circle Qibla bearing from Pesca is 65.1° (ENE). A fixed magnetic-compass (rhumb-line) heading would read about 81.7°. For prayer, use the great-circle value of 65.1°.
Finding Qibla Direction in Pesca
The Qibla direction from Pesca, Boyacá, Colombia is 65.1° from true north, pointing towards the east-northeast. The Kaaba in Mecca lies about 12,135 km (7,540 miles) away. Geographically, Pesca 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 Pesca, this means facing east-northeast (65.1°).
Great-circle vs compass bearing in Pesca
Our Qibla finder uses the great-circle bearing (65.1°), 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 81.7° from Pesca. The two differ because long-distance routes curve on a globe; for prayer, use the great-circle value of 65.1°.
Using a compass in Pesca
A phone or magnetic compass points to magnetic north, which can differ from true north by several degrees depending on your exact spot in Pesca. For the most reliable result, tap "Use My Exact Location" above so the compass corrects to your GPS position, then turn until it reads 65.1° (east-northeast) and shows ALIGNED.