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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -4.117,Lat: 36.9027
Elevation	353 meter above sea level
Local time	8:55:47am
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Andalucía
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Málaga
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Alcaucín

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Las Huertas	1.6 km	North
2 Venta Baja	2 km	West
3 Puente de Zalía	2.9 km	WestSouthWest
4 El Puente	2.9 km	WestSouthWest
5 Río Bermuza	3.4 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	137 km	WestSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	391 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Lisboa	Portugal	492 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Alboran Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 18 km (direction South).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Andalusia Mediterranean Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de la Viñuela (5.9 km² at a height of around 234 meter above sea level) at a distance of 4.7 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Gibraltarian-Spanish border with a straight distance of 136.3 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 191 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 2%, hill: 43%, low mountains: 26%, moderate high mountains: 24%, high mountains: 5%, The hills are mainly southwestern 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 Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport (at a distance of 42 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is F.G.L. Airport Granada-Jaén Airport (at a distance of 43 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

11.7 km2

14.9%

Nature

22 km2

27.9%

Agriculture

44.9 km2

57.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Alcaucín in country Spain

Alcaucín at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Antequera Dolmens Site	Spain	41 km	WestNorthWest
2 Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada	Spain	55 km	EastNorthEast
3 Historic Centre of Cordoba	Spain	124 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Sierras de Tejeda, Almijara y Alhama	ES	0.4 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Alcaucín

Type of weather in Alcaucín	broken clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.26 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	78 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	10 hour and 1 minutes
Sunrise :	08:02 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:03 Europe/Amsterdam