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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -4.1326,Lat: 43.3505
Elevation	74 meter above sea level
Local time	5:27:42am
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Cantabria
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Cantabria
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Reocín

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Valles	1.5 km	East
2 Barcenaciones	1.6 km	WestSouthWest
3 Cerrazo	1.7 km	NorthEast
4 Lloredo	2.3 km	WestNorthWest
5 Golbardo	2.3 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	327 km	South
2 Andorra	Andorra	473 km	EastSouthEast
3 Lisboa	Portugal	658 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 7 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Mino coastal: Narcea, part of the larger catchment area Minho and Lima. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse del Mediajo (0.3 km² at a height of around 1161 meter above sea level) at a distance of 30.1 km in Southern direction).

The nearest mountain is Peña Sagra with a height of 2024 meter (at a distance of 21.6 km and direction SouthWest). The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 190.4 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 267 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 79%, hill: 21%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (at a distance of 318 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Seve Ballesteros-Santander Airport (at a distance of 27 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

25 km2

31.8%

Nature

6.4 km2

8.1%

Agriculture

39.2 km2

49.9%

Urban area

5.6 km2

7.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Quijas in country Spain

Quijas at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain	Spain	3.8 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Vizcaya Bridge	Spain	91 km	EastSouthEast
3 Burgos Cathedral	Spain	118 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Cueva La Rogería	ES	4.2 km	NorthNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Quijas

Type of weather in Quijas	broken clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	9.17 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	68 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 28 minutes
Sunrise :	08:19 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:46 Europe/Amsterdam