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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.4971,Lat: 37.2329
Elevation	1259 meter above sea level
Local time	20:20:19pm
Name province/region	Andalucía
Name Subregion	Granada
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Huétor de Santillán

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Huétor de Santillán	1.9 km	WestSouthWest
2 Beas de Granada	2.1 km	SouthEast
3 Víznar	5 km	West
4 Dúdar	5.3 km	South
5 Quéntar	5.3 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	203 km	WestSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	354 km	North
3 Lisboa	Portugal	528 km	WestNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Alboran Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 54 km (direction SouthSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Guadalquivir main - Medium - Genil, part of the larger catchment area Andalusia Atlantic Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Quéntar (0.9 km² at a height of around 1040 meter above sea level) at a distance of 5.9 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Pico Veleta with a height of 3398 meter (at a distance of 22.9 km and direction SouthSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Gibraltarian-Spanish border with a straight distance of 202 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 283 km.
Elevation around place: moderate high mountains: 80%, high mountains: 20%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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 108 km and direction WestSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

31.9 km2

40.7%

Nature

24.6 km2

31.3%

Agriculture

20.7 km2

26.4%

Urban area

0.8 km2

Rock-Sand

0.5 km2

0.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of El Colmenar in country Spain

El Colmenar at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada	Spain	11 km	WestSouthWest
2 Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza	Spain	86 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Antequera Dolmens Site	Spain	96 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Sierra de Huétor	ES	0.3 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Huétor Santillán

Type of weather in Huétor Santillán	broken clouds
Current temperature:	23 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.4 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	33 %
Daylength at 12 May 2024:	14 hour and 5 minutes
Sunrise :	07:07 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:12 Europe/Amsterdam