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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.4122,Lat: 38.3436
Elevation	522 meter above sea level
Local time	0:13:36am
Name province/region	Extremadura
Name Subregion	Badajoz
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Medina de las Torres

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Atalaya	5.6 km	West
2 Puebla de Sancho Pérez	5.8 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Alconera	8.4 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Zafra	8.8 km	North
5 Valencia del Ventoso	10 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	243 km	WestNorthWest
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	262 km	South
3 Madrid	Spain	327 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 136 km (direction SouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Guadiana main - Lower - Ardilla, part of the larger catchment area Guadiana. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Presa de Ardila (0.6 km² at a height of around 1099 meter above sea level) at a distance of 12 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 47.7 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 67 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 34%, low mountains: 66%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Faro Airport (at a distance of 199 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Badajoz Airport (at a distance of 71 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

12.7 km2

16.1%

Nature

19.1 km2

24.3%

Agriculture

44.9 km2

57.2%

Viticulture

1.3 km2

1.7%

Urban area

0.5 km2

0.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Medina de las Torres in country Spain

Medina de las Torres at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida	Spain	64 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Garrison Border Town of Elvas and its Fortifications	Portugal	90 km	NorthWest
3 Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias in Seville	Spain	113 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Colonias de Cernícalo Primilla de Zafra	ES	8.5 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Medina de las Torres

Type of weather in Medina de las Torres	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.56 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	69 %
Daylength at 16 May 2024:	14 hour and 17 minutes
Sunrise :	07:13 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:30 Europe/Amsterdam