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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -4.6796,Lat: 36.5043
Elevation	meter above sea level
Local time	11:09:30am
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Andalucía
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Málaga
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Mijas
Other place with same name 1	La Cala Comunitat Valenciana - Alicante

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Chaparral	1.1 km	East
2 Sitio de Calahonda	3.3 km	WestSouthWest
3 Cerros del Águila	3.6 km	NorthEast
4 Las Lagunas	4.7 km	NorthEast
5 Mijas Golf	5.4 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	71 km	WestSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	441 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Lisboa	Portugal	470 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

La Cala lies at the Alboran Sea (Mediterranean Sea) (direction SouthSouthEast).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 25.6 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Gibraltarian-Spanish border with a straight distance of 70.4 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 99 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 9%, low location: 89%, hill: 3%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). 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 25 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Gibraltar Airport (at a distance of 71 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.4 km2

0.8%

Nature

18.6 km2

41.5%

Agriculture

8.2 km2

18.3%

Urban area

15.4 km2

34.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of La Cala in country Spain

La Cala at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Antequera Dolmens Site	Spain	58 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Gorham's Cave Complex	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	72 km	WestSouthWest
3 Medina of Tétouan (formerly known as Titawin)	Morocco	119 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Calahonda	ES	0.2 km	SouthSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB La Cala
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Mijas

Type of weather in Mijas	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	21 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.33 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1021 mb
Humidity:	45 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	10 hour and 3 minutes
Sunrise :	08:03 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:06 Europe/Amsterdam