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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -2.3601,Lat: 37.347
Elevation	531 meter above sea level
Local time	9:48:35am
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Andalucía
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Almería
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Purchena

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Suflí	2.7 km	West
2 Huimayor	4 km	East
3 Sierro	4.4 km	WestSouthWest
4 Armuña de Almanzora	4.6 km	WestNorthWest
5 Huitar Mayor	5.2 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	297 km	WestSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	361 km	North
3 Lisboa	Portugal	620 km	WestNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 52 km (direction EastSouthEast).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 35.7 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Gibraltarian-Spanish border with a straight distance of 296 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 414 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 3%, low mountains: 77%, moderate high mountains: 19%, 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 189 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Almería Airport (at a distance of 55 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

15.3 km2

19.5%

Nature

35.9 km2

45.7%

Agriculture

27.1 km2

34.5%

Urban area

0.3 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Purchena in country Spain

Purchena at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada	Spain	111 km	West
2 Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza	Spain	117 km	NorthWest
3 Palmeral of Elche	Spain	176 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Calares de Sierra de Los Filabres	ES	5.8 km	SouthWest

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Purchena

Type of weather in Purchena	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.84 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	63 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 59 minutes
Sunrise :	07:56 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:55 Europe/Amsterdam