Puerto Carreño Qibla Direction
Find accurate Qibla direction from Puerto Carreño, Vichada, Colombia
Qibla Details for Puerto Carreño
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Qibla direction in Puerto Carreño?
The Qibla direction from Puerto Carreño, Vichada, Colombia is 66.1° (ENE) from North. This is the direction Muslims in Puerto Carreño should face during their daily prayers (Salah).
How far is Puerto Carreño from Mecca?
The distance from Puerto Carreño to Mecca (Kaaba) is approximately 11,539 kilometers. This is the great-circle distance calculated using the Haversine formula.
How to find Qibla direction in Puerto Carreño?
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 Puerto Carreño, enable GPS for personalized accuracy.
What is the compass bearing for the Qibla in Puerto Carreño?
The great-circle Qibla bearing from Puerto Carreño is 66.1° (ENE). A fixed magnetic-compass (rhumb-line) heading would read about 81.7°. For prayer, use the great-circle value of 66.1°.
Finding Qibla Direction in Puerto Carreño
The Qibla direction from Puerto Carreño, Vichada, Colombia is 66.1° from true north, pointing towards the east-northeast. The Kaaba in Mecca lies about 11,539 km (7,170 miles) away. Geographically, Puerto Carreño 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 Puerto Carreño, this means facing east-northeast (66.1°).
Great-circle vs compass bearing in Puerto Carreño
Our Qibla finder uses the great-circle bearing (66.1°), 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 Puerto Carreño. The two differ because long-distance routes curve on a globe; for prayer, use the great-circle value of 66.1°.
Using a compass in Puerto Carreño
A phone or magnetic compass points to magnetic north, which can differ from true north by several degrees depending on your exact spot in Puerto Carreño. For the most reliable result, tap "Use My Exact Location" above so the compass corrects to your GPS position, then turn until it reads 66.1° (east-northeast) and shows ALIGNED.