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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -5.2875,Lat: 40.7486
Elevation	871 meter above sea level
Local time	2:32:01am
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Castilla y León
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Salamanca
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Alaraz

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Malpartida	5 km	East
2 Santiago de la Puebla	5.8 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Pedraza de Alba	7.5 km	WestNorthWest
4 Gajates	7.6 km	NorthWest
5 Cabezas del Villar	7.6 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	142 km	EastSouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	396 km	WestSouthWest
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	508 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 281 km (direction WestNorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Portugal.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Duero main - Medium - Tormes, part of the larger catchment area Douro. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Villagonzalo (1.6 km² at a height of around 807 meter above sea level) at a distance of 21.1 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 112.9 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 158 km.
Elevation around place: moderate high mountains: 100%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (at a distance of 150 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Salamanca Airport (at a distance of 29 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

18.7 km2

23.9%

Nature

16.7 km2

21.2%

Agriculture

42.6 km2

54.2%

Urban area

0.6 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Alaraz in country Spain

Alaraz at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Old City of Salamanca	Spain	40 km	NorthWest
2 Old Town of Ávila with its Extra-Muros Churches	Spain	51 km	EastSouthEast
3 Monastery and Site of the Escurial, Madrid	Spain	100 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Campos de Alba	ES	9.1 km	NorthNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Alaraz
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Alaraz

Type of weather in Alaraz	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	9.13 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	84 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 42 minutes
Sunrise :	08:16 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:58 Europe/Amsterdam