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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -4.9488,Lat: 36.5818
Elevation	245 meter above sea level
Local time	7:43:14am
Name province/region	Andalucía
Name Subregion	Málaga
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Istán

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Cerros del Lago	3.8 km	South
2 Ojén	8.6 km	EastSouthEast
3 Artola	8.9 km	SouthWest
4 Marbella	9.5 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Salto del Agua	9.7 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	59 km	SouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	437 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Lisboa	Portugal	445 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Alboran Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 9 km (direction South).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Andalusia Mediterranean Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de la Concepción (1.7 km² at a height of around 106 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0.8 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the Gibraltarian-Spanish border with a straight distance of 58.4 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 82 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 10%, hill: 42%, low mountains: 25%, moderate high mountains: 23%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.

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 42 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Gibraltar Airport (at a distance of 59 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

10.4 km2

13.2%

Nature

59.3 km2

75.4%

Agriculture

7.1 km2

9.1%

Water - Lakes

1.8 km2

2.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Istán in country Spain

Istán at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Antequera Dolmens Site	Spain	60 km	NorthEast
2 Gorham's Cave Complex	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	61 km	SouthWest
3 Medina of Tétouan (formerly known as Titawin)	Morocco	117 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Sierra Blanca	ES	0.6 km	NorthEast

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Istán

Type of weather in Istán	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.99 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	54 %
Daylength at 19 May 2024:	14 hour and 14 minutes
Sunrise :	07:09 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:23 Europe/Amsterdam