El Roble Qibla Direction
Find accurate Qibla direction from El Roble, Coclé, Panama
Qibla Details for El Roble
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Qibla direction in El Roble?
The Qibla direction from El Roble, Coclé, Panama is 61.9° (ENE) from North. This is the direction Muslims in El Roble should face during their daily prayers (Salah).
How far is El Roble from Mecca?
The distance from El Roble to Mecca (Kaaba) is approximately 12,752 kilometers. This is the great-circle distance calculated using the Haversine formula.
How to find Qibla direction in El Roble?
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 Roble, enable GPS for personalized accuracy.
What is the compass bearing for the Qibla in El Roble?
The great-circle Qibla bearing from El Roble is 61.9° (ENE). A fixed magnetic-compass (rhumb-line) heading would read about 83.5°. For prayer, use the great-circle value of 61.9°.
Finding Qibla Direction in El Roble
The Qibla direction from El Roble, Coclé, Panama is 61.9° from true north, pointing towards the east-northeast. The Kaaba in Mecca lies about 12,752 km (7,924 miles) away. Geographically, El Roble 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 Roble, this means facing east-northeast (61.9°).
Great-circle vs compass bearing in El Roble
Our Qibla finder uses the great-circle bearing (61.9°), 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 83.5° from El Roble. The two differ because long-distance routes curve on a globe; for prayer, use the great-circle value of 61.9°.
Using a compass in El Roble
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 Roble. For the most reliable result, tap "Use My Exact Location" above so the compass corrects to your GPS position, then turn until it reads 61.9° (east-northeast) and shows ALIGNED.