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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.4089,Lat: 36.9229
Elevation	952 meter above sea level
Local time	10:22:14am
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Andalucía
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Granada
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Carataunas

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Soportújar	0.7 km	NorthEast
2 Cáñar	1.7 km	WestNorthWest
3 Órgiva	2.7 km	SouthWest
4 Cortijo la Rehoya	2.8 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Los Tablones	4.3 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	193 km	WestSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	388 km	North
3 Lisboa	Portugal	548 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Alboran Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 21 km (direction South).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Andalusia Mediterranean Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Rules (4.7 km² at a height of around 249 meter above sea level) at a distance of 5.6 km in SouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Pico Veleta with a height of 3398 meter (at a distance of 15.1 km and direction NorthNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the Gibraltarian-Spanish border with a straight distance of 192 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 269 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 22%, low mountains: 23%, moderate high mountains: 32%, high mountains: 24%, The hills are mainly southern 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 101 km and direction West).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

10.7 km2

13.6%

Nature

33.8 km2

43%

Agriculture

33.7 km2

43%

Urban area

0.4 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Carataunas in country Spain

Carataunas at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada	Spain	33 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Antequera Dolmens Site	Spain	103 km	WestNorthWest
3 Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza	Spain	120 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Sierra Nevada	ES	0.7 km	NorthNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Carataunas

Type of weather in Carataunas	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.79 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	66 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	10 hour and 1 minutes
Sunrise :	07:59 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:00 Europe/Amsterdam