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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -4.6409,Lat: 36.5944
Elevation	543 meter above sea level
Local time	1:16:02am
Name province/region	Andalucía
Name Subregion	Málaga
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Mijas

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Las Lomas de Mijas	0.9 km	EastSouthEast
2 Peñablanquilla	1.8 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Alquería	1.9 km	SouthWest
4 Las Terrazas	2.1 km	EastNorthEast
5 Osunillas-Peña Blanquilla	2.1 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	80 km	WestSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	430 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Lisboa	Portugal	468 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Alboran Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is very close with only a distance of around 5 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Andalusia Mediterranean Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse del Limonero (1.1 km² at a height of around 941 meter above sea level) at a distance of 25.7 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Gibraltarian-Spanish border with a straight distance of 78.9 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 110 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 38%, hill: 25%, low mountains: 24%, moderate high mountains: 12%, The hills are mainly southwestern 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 Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport (at a distance of 15 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Gibraltar Airport (at a distance of 80 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

16.1 km2

20.5%

Nature

34.4 km2

43.8%

Agriculture

15.7 km2

20%

Urban area

12 km2

15.2%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Mijas in country Spain

Mijas at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Antequera Dolmens Site	Spain	48 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Gorham's Cave Complex	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	81 km	WestSouthWest
3 Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada	Spain	113 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Río Fuengirola	ES	5.6 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Mijas
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	Bings maps
	Mapquest
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	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Mijas

Type of weather in Mijas	clear sky
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.72 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	45 %
Daylength at 15 May 2024:	14 hour and 7 minutes
Sunrise :	07:11 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:18 Europe/Amsterdam