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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -2.597,Lat: 37.3361
Elevation	1033 meter above sea level
Local time	9:12:19am
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Andalucía
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Almería
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Alcántar

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 El Hijate	6.6 km	North
2 Los Collados	7.3 km	East
3 Los Zoilos	7.8 km	East
4 Serón	7.9 km	East
5 Higueral	10.2 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	277 km	WestSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	356 km	North
3 Lisboa	Portugal	600 km	WestNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Alboran Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 56 km (direction South).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Andalusia Mediterranean Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Negratín (37.4 km² at a height of around 630 meter above sea level) at a distance of 31.1 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Dos Picos with a height of 2085 meter (at a distance of 14.5 km and direction SouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Gibraltarian-Spanish border with a straight distance of 276.5 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 387 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 0%, moderate high mountains: 97%, high mountains: 2%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.

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 184 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Almería Airport (at a distance of 58 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

8.9 km2

11.3%

Nature

43 km2

54.8%

Agriculture

26.4 km2

33.5%

Rock-Sand

0.3 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Alcóntar in country Spain

Alcóntar at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada	Spain	90 km	West
2 Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza	Spain	102 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Antequera Dolmens Site	Spain	177 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Sierra de Baza	ES	3.7 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Alcóntar

Type of weather in Alcóntar	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.89 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	79 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 59 minutes
Sunrise :	07:57 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:56 Europe/Amsterdam