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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.2175,Lat: 38.8181
Elevation	295 meter above sea level
Local time	2:18:53am
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Extremadura
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Badajoz
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Zarza, La
Other place with same name 1	La Zarza Castilla y León - Valladolid
Other place with same name 2	La Zarza Andalucía - Huelva
Other place with same name 3	La Zarza Canarias - Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Alange	4.3 km	SouthWest
2 Villagonzalo	5.2 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Don Álvaro	6 km	NorthWest
4 Oliva de Mérida	8.8 km	EastSouthEast
5 Valverde de Mérida	10.4 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	254 km	West
2 Madrid	Spain	280 km	EastNorthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	306 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 191 km (direction SouthSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Guadiana main - Medium - Zujar, part of the larger catchment area Guadiana. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Alange (42.7 km² at a height of around 278 meter above sea level) at a distance of 3.9 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 68.3 km in WestNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 96 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 98%, low mountains: 2%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Faro Airport (at a distance of 249 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Badajoz Airport (at a distance of 53 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

3.6 km2

4.6%

Nature

10.6 km2

13.5%

Agriculture

60.5 km2

77.1%

Urban area

1.2 km2

1.5%

Water - Lakes

2.6 km2

3.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of La Zarza in country Spain

La Zarza at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida	Spain	15 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Old Town of Cáceres	Spain	74 km	North
3 Garrison Border Town of Elvas and its Fortifications	Portugal	83 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Sierras Centrales y Embalse de Alange	ES	1.9 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Zarza de Alange

Type of weather in Zarza de Alange	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	9.82 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	66 %
Daylength at 25 November 2024:	9 hour and 47 minutes
Sunrise :	08:18 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:05 Europe/Amsterdam