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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -5.4978,Lat: 39.0307
Elevation	494 meter above sea level
Local time	21:56:22pm
Name province/region	Extremadura
Name Subregion	Badajoz
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Orellana de la Sierra

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Orellana la Vieja	4.1 km	WestSouthWest
2 Navalvillar de Pela	7.1 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Acedera	8.2 km	NorthWest
4 Obando	9.5 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Vegas Altas	12.4 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	218 km	NorthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	318 km	West
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	319 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 238 km (direction SouthWest).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 Orellana (57.4 km² at a height of around 317 meter above sea level) at a distance of 1.5 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 126.3 km in WestNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 177 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 81%, low mountains: 19%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (at a distance of 228 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Badajoz Airport (at a distance of 116 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

15.9 km2

20.2%

Nature

17.7 km2

22.6%

Agriculture

30.9 km2

39.4%

Urban area

1.1 km2

1.4%

Water - Lakes

12.9 km2

16.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Orellana de la Sierra in country Spain

Orellana de la Sierra at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Royal Monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe	Spain	49 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Heritage of Mercury. Almadén and Idrija	Slovenia,Spain	64 km	SouthEast
3 Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida	Spain	74 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Embalse de Orellana y Sierra de Pela	ES	0.3 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Orellana la Vieja

Type of weather in Orellana la Vieja	clear sky
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.37 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	42 %
Daylength at 18 May 2024:	14 hour and 24 minutes
Sunrise :	07:06 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:30 Europe/Amsterdam