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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -5.8219,Lat: 40.3288
Elevation	1143 meter above sea level
Local time	6:26:18am
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Extremadura
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Cáceres
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Garganta, La

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Puerto de Béjar	2.8 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Baños de Montemayor	3.3 km	West
3 Peñacaballera	3.7 km	NorthWest
4 Cantagallo	4.8 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Montemayor del Río	6.5 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	183 km	East
2 Lisboa	Portugal	333 km	WestSouthWest
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	465 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 242 km (direction WestNorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Portugal.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Tajo main Medium - Alberche, Tietar, Alagon, part of the larger catchment area Tagus and Western Basins. 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 2.6 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 81.8 km in WestNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 115 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 11%, moderate high mountains: 74%, high mountains: 15%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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 193 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Salamanca Airport (at a distance of 74 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

46.1 km2

58.6%

Nature

24.2 km2

30.8%

Agriculture

7.3 km2

9.3%

Urban area

0.3 km2

0.4%

Water - Lakes

0.7 km2

0.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of La Garganta in country Spain

La Garganta at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Old City of Salamanca	Spain	72 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde	Portugal,Spain	83 km	NorthWest
3 Old Town of Ávila with its Extra-Muros Churches	Spain	101 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Sierra de Gredos y Valle del Jerte	ES	0 km	East

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Puerto de Béjar

Type of weather in Puerto de Béjar	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.49 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	100 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 44 minutes
Sunrise :	08:17 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:01 Europe/Amsterdam