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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.2541,Lat: 36.9314
Elevation	1209 meter above sea level
Local time	5:38:39am
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Andalucía
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Granada
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Cástaras

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Notáez	2.7 km	WestSouthWest
2 Juviles	3.2 km	EastNorthEast
3 Busquístar	3.7 km	WestNorthWest
4 Lobras	3.7 km	EastSouthEast
5 Almegíjar	5.2 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	206 km	WestSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	389 km	North
3 Lisboa	Portugal	561 km	WestNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Alboran Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 19 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 17.4 km in Western direction).

The nearest mountain is Pico Mulhacén with a height of 3481 meter (at a distance of 14.5 km and direction NorthNorthWest).One of the mountains in Sierra Nevada The most nearby international border is the Gibraltarian-Spanish border with a straight distance of 205 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 287 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 12%, moderate high mountains: 69%, high mountains: 19%, 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
Sierra Nevada

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport (at a distance of 115 km and direction West).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

9.3 km2

11.8%

Nature

34.1 km2

43.4%

Agriculture

34.7 km2

44.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Cástaras in country Spain

Cástaras at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada	Spain	41 km	NorthWest
2 Antequera Dolmens Site	Spain	116 km	WestNorthWest
3 Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza	Spain	120 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Sierra Nevada	ES	1.8 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Cástaras

Type of weather in Cástaras	clear sky
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.14 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	62 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	10 hour and 1 minutes
Sunrise :	07:59 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:59 Europe/Amsterdam