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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -4.9946,Lat: 40.1876
Elevation	415 meter above sea level
Local time	10:55:17am
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Castilla y León
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Avila
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Mombeltrán
Other place with same name 1	La Higuera Castilla y León - Segovia
Other place with same name 2	La Higuera Canarias - Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Other place with same name 3	La Higuera Canarias - Las Palmas

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ramacastañas	4.6 km	West
2 Lanzahíta	5.5 km	East
3 La Parra	6.8 km	NorthWest
4 Santa Cruz del Valle	7.1 km	North
5 Arenas de San Pedro	8 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	115 km	East
2 Lisboa	Portugal	389 km	WestSouthWest
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	447 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 314 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 Navalcán (6.7 km² at a height of around 371 meter above sea level) at a distance of 17.1 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 153.9 km in WestNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 215 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 66%, low mountains: 22%, moderate high mountains: 11%, high mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly southern 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 126 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Salamanca Airport (at a distance of 96 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

40.4 km2

51.4%

Nature

27.4 km2

34.9%

Agriculture

10.7 km2

13.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of La Higuera in country Spain

La Higuera at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Old Town of Ávila with its Extra-Muros Churches	Spain	57 km	NorthEast
2 Monastery and Site of the Escurial, Madrid	Spain	85 km	EastNorthEast
3 Royal Monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe	Spain	86 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Valle del Tiétar	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 Santa Cruz del Valle

Type of weather in Santa Cruz del Valle	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.54 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	90 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 45 minutes
Sunrise :	08:14 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:58 Europe/Amsterdam