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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -2.2843,Lat: 37.4721
Elevation	916 meter above sea level
Local time	8:07:20am
Name province/region	Andalucía
Name Subregion	Almería
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Oria

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Oria	1.6 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Los Capitos	7.7 km	East
3 Partaloa	8.9 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Los Simones	9.3 km	EastSouthEast
5 Urrácal	10.9 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	309 km	WestSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	350 km	North
3 Lisboa	Portugal	622 km	WestNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 51 km (direction SouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Andalusia Mediterranean Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Cuevas del Almanzora (7.6 km² at a height of around 190 meter above sea level) at a distance of 32 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Gibraltarian-Spanish border with a straight distance of 307.9 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 431 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 7%, moderate high mountains: 93%, 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 Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (at a distance of 176 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Almería Airport (at a distance of 70 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

8 km2

10.1%

Nature

32.7 km2

41.6%

Agriculture

37.9 km2

48.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of El Frax in country Spain

El Frax at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza	Spain	114 km	NorthWest
2 Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada	Spain	121 km	West
3 Palmeral of Elche	Spain	163 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Sierra Maria - Los Vélez	ES	17 km	NorthNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Oria

Type of weather in Oria	clear sky
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	72 %
Daylength at 17 May 2024:	14 hour and 15 minutes
Sunrise :	06:58 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:13 Europe/Amsterdam