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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.9321,Lat: 38.8755
Elevation	180 meter above sea level
Local time	6:09:15am
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Extremadura
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Badajoz
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Badajoz
Other place with same name 1	Atalaya Extremadura - Badajoz

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 La Pilara	0.5 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Urbanización Los Montitos	1.9 km	SouthWest
3 Badajoz	2.5 km	West
4 Cerro Gordo	2.9 km	EastNorthEast
5 Urbanización Los Lebratos	3.7 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	192 km	West
2 Madrid	Spain	326 km	EastNorthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	335 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 158 km (direction West).The coastline is located in another country namely Portugal.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Guadiana main - Lower - Ardilla, part of the larger catchment area Guadiana. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Piedra Aguda (2.8 km² at a height of around 225 meter above sea level) at a distance of 22 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 8.8 km in WestNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 12.3 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 71%, hill: 29%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Humberto Delgado Airport (Lisbon Portela Airport) (at a distance of 192 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Badajoz Airport (at a distance of 9.8 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

8.2 km2

10.5%

Nature

20.2 km2

25.7%

Agriculture

30.3 km2

38.6%

Viticulture

0.3 km2

0.3%

Urban area

15.5 km2

19.7%

Water - Lakes

2.2 km2

2.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Atalaya in country Spain

Atalaya at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Garrison Border Town of Elvas and its Fortifications	Portugal	20 km	WestNorthWest
2 Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida	Spain	52 km	East
3 Old Town of Cáceres	Spain	81 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Río Gevora Bajo	ES	3 km	NorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Badajoz

Type of weather in Badajoz	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.34 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 51 minutes
Sunrise :	08:18 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:09 Europe/Amsterdam