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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.2312,Lat: 39.1816
Elevation	473 meter above sea level
Local time	9:23:16am
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Extremadura
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Cáceres
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Alcuéscar

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Arroyomolinos	6 km	East
2 Casas de Don Antonio	8 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Montánchez	8.5 km	EastNorthEast
4 Albalá	9 km	NorthEast
5 Carmonita	9.7 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	256 km	West
2 Madrid	Spain	257 km	EastNorthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	346 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 226 km (direction West).The coastline is located in another country namely Portugal.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Tajo main Lower - Zezere, part of the larger catchment area Tagus and Western Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Ayuela (0.8 km² at a height of around 404 meter above sea level) at a distance of 5.7 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 64.4 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 90 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 90%, low mountains: 10%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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 Humberto Delgado Airport (Lisbon Portela Airport) (at a distance of 255 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Badajoz Airport (at a distance of 60 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

19.5 km2

24.8%

Nature

17 km2

21.6%

Agriculture

41 km2

52.2%

Urban area

0.5 km2

0.6%

Water - Lakes

0.5 km2

0.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Alcuéscar in country Spain

Alcuéscar at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida	Spain	31 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Old Town of Cáceres	Spain	35 km	North
3 Royal Monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe	Spain	83 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Río Aljucen Alto	ES	3.4 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Alcuéscar

Type of weather in Alcuéscar	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.77 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 50 minutes
Sunrise :	08:16 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:06 Europe/Amsterdam