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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -5.555,Lat: 40.3479
Elevation	1071 meter above sea level
Local time	8:23:01am
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Castilla y León
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Avila
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Carrera, La
Other place with same name 1	La Carrera Castilla y León - León
Other place with same name 2	La Carrera Canarias - Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Navatejares	2.4 km	SouthEast
2 El Barco de Ávila	2.9 km	East
3 Umbrías	4.3 km	SouthWest
4 Los Llanos de Tormes	5.2 km	SouthEast
5 El Losar del Barco	5.2 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	160 km	East
2 Lisboa	Portugal	354 km	WestSouthWest
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	465 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 263 km (direction WestNorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Portugal.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Duero main - Medium - Tormes, part of the larger catchment area Douro. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Fuente Santa (0.8 km² at a height of around 606 meter above sea level) at a distance of 18.6 km in Western direction).

The nearest mountain is Almanzor with a height of 2592 meter (at a distance of 24.8 km and direction SouthEast).One of the mountains in Sierra de Gredos The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 104.4 km in WestNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 146 km.
Elevation around place: moderate high mountains: 90%, high mountains: 10%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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 Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (at a distance of 170 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Salamanca Airport (at a distance of 67 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

9.9 km2

12.7%

Nature

44.5 km2

56.6%

Agriculture

23.1 km2

29.5%

Urban area

1 km2

1.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of La Carrera in country Spain

La Carrera at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Old City of Salamanca	Spain	69 km	North
2 Old Town of Ávila with its Extra-Muros Churches	Spain	80 km	EastNorthEast
3 Royal Monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe	Spain	101 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Sierra de Gredos	ES	0 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at La Carrera

Type of weather in La Carrera	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.56 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	99 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 44 minutes
Sunrise :	08:16 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:00 Europe/Amsterdam