Puente Nacional Qibla Direction
Find accurate Qibla direction from Puente Nacional, Santander, Colombia
Qibla Details for Puente Nacional
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Qibla direction in Puente Nacional?
The Qibla direction from Puente Nacional, Santander, Colombia is 64.8° (ENE) from North. This is the direction Muslims in Puente Nacional should face during their daily prayers (Salah).
How far is Puente Nacional from Mecca?
The distance from Puente Nacional to Mecca (Kaaba) is approximately 12,177 kilometers. This is the great-circle distance calculated using the Haversine formula.
How to find Qibla direction in Puente Nacional?
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 Puente Nacional, enable GPS for personalized accuracy.
What is the compass bearing for the Qibla in Puente Nacional?
The great-circle Qibla bearing from Puente Nacional is 64.8° (ENE). A fixed magnetic-compass (rhumb-line) heading would read about 82°. For prayer, use the great-circle value of 64.8°.
Finding Qibla Direction in Puente Nacional
The Qibla direction from Puente Nacional, Santander, Colombia is 64.8° from true north, pointing towards the east-northeast. The Kaaba in Mecca lies about 12,177 km (7,566 miles) away. Geographically, Puente Nacional 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 Puente Nacional, this means facing east-northeast (64.8°).
Great-circle vs compass bearing in Puente Nacional
Our Qibla finder uses the great-circle bearing (64.8°), 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° from Puente Nacional. The two differ because long-distance routes curve on a globe; for prayer, use the great-circle value of 64.8°.
Using a compass in Puente Nacional
A phone or magnetic compass points to magnetic north, which can differ from true north by several degrees depending on your exact spot in Puente Nacional. For the most reliable result, tap "Use My Exact Location" above so the compass corrects to your GPS position, then turn until it reads 64.8° (east-northeast) and shows ALIGNED.