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General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.9252,Lat: 55.368
Elevation	166 meter above sea level
Local time	6:30:29am
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Dumfries and Galloway
Name	Mid and Upper Nithsdale

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Crawick	1 km	North
2 Ulzieside	1.3 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Knockenstob	1.4 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Mennock	3.4 km	SouthEast
5 Carco	4.2 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	52 km	North
2 Douglas	Isle-of-man	140 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	154 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Irish Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 43 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Solway Tweed. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Daer Reservoir (2.2 km² at a distance of 18.9 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 65.6 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 92 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 33%, hill: 67%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Central Southern Uplands

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Glasgow International Airport (at a distance of 65 km and direction NorthNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Glasgow Prestwick Airport (at a distance of 44 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

5.1 km2

6.5%

Nature

35.4 km2

45.1%

Wet nature

0.2 km2

0.3%

Agriculture

36.5 km2

46.5%

Urban area

1.3 km2

1.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Sanquhar in country Scotland

Sanquhar at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 New Lanark	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	34 km	NorthNorthEast
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	78 km	NorthEast
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	79 km	NorthEast

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Sanquhar

Type of weather in Sanquhar	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	3 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.88 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	15 hour and 6 minutes
Sunrise :	06:39 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:46 Europe/Amsterdam