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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -2.2063,Lat: 36.9626
Elevation	334 meter above sea level
Local time	2:22:10am
Name province/region	Andalucía
Name Subregion	Almería
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Níjar

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Torre del Campo	3.9 km	SouthEast
2 Vistabella	5.7 km	EastSouthEast
3 El Jabonero	5.8 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Los Pipaces	6.1 km	SouthSouthEast
5 San Isidro de Níjar	6.6 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	295 km	West
2 Madrid	Spain	406 km	North
3 Lisboa	Portugal	647 km	WestNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Alboran Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 17 km (direction SouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Andalusia Mediterranean Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Cuevas del Almanzora (7.6 km² at a height of around 190 meter above sea level) at a distance of 47.6 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Gibraltarian-Spanish border with a straight distance of 294.4 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 412 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 16%, hill: 50%, low mountains: 25%, moderate high mountains: 9%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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 Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (at a distance of 205 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Almería Airport (at a distance of 20 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

61.1 km2

77.8%

Agriculture

16.1 km2

20.5%

Urban area

0.3 km2

0.4%

Rock-Sand

0.8 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Níjar in country Spain

Níjar at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada	Spain	127 km	WestNorthWest
2 Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza	Spain	157 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Palmeral of Elche	Spain	194 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ramblas de Gérgal, Tabernas y Sur de Sierra Alhamilla	ES	0.5 km	NorthWest

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Filming Location	IMDB Níjar
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Níjar

Type of weather in Níjar	clear sky
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.54 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	82 %
Daylength at 19 May 2024:	14 hour and 15 minutes
Sunrise :	06:57 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:13 Europe/Amsterdam