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Alacant/Alicante

General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -0.4914,Lat: 38.358
Elevation	72 meter above sea level
Local time	17:58:52pm
Population	323000 (9th largest city in country)
Name province/region	Comunitat Valenciana
Name Subregion	Alicante
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Alicante/Alacant

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Villafranqueza - Palamo	3.5 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Pla de la Vallonga	4.4 km	West
3 Barri de Granada	4.9 km	NorthWest
4 El Pi	5 km	NorthEast
5 Les Paulines	5.1 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	361 km	NorthWest
2 Andorra	Andorra	488 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	493 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Jucar coastal: 1, part of the larger catchment area Jucar. The nearest bigger lake is Laguna de Salinas (0.6 km² at a distance of 20.6 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the Spanish-Andorran border with a straight distance of 478.9 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 670 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 4%, low location: 96%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is highly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is urban.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (at a distance of 10 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

7.8 km2

13.1%

Agriculture

16.8 km2

28.2%

Urban area

30.6 km2

51.2%

Infrastructure

1.8 km2

3.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Alacant/Alicante in country Spain

Alacant/Alicante at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Palmeral of Elche	Spain	22 km	WestSouthWest
2 La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia	Spain	124 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula	Spain	166 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Espacio marino de Tabarca	ES	3.3 km	SouthSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ciudad Jardín

Type of weather in Ciudad Jardín	few clouds
Current temperature:	20 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.72 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	54 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	13 hour and 51 minutes
Sunrise :	07:03 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:54 Europe/Amsterdam