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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -5.449,Lat: 36.1327
Elevation	42 meter above sea level
Local time	20:07:21pm
Name province/region	Andalucía
Name Subregion	Cádiz
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Algeciras

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Palmones	4.9 km	NorthNorthEast
2 La Seca	5.4 km	South
3 Puente Romano	5.6 km	North
4 Ciudad Jardín	5.9 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Carteya-Guadarranque	6.3 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	9.1 km	East
2 Lisboa	Portugal	441 km	NorthWest
3 Madrid	Spain	496 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Algeciras lies at the Alboran Sea (Mediterranean Sea) (direction EastSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Andalusia Mediterranean Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Charco Redondo (4.5 km² at a height of around 87 meter above sea level) at a distance of 13.1 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Gibraltarian-Spanish border with a straight distance of 9.1 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 12.7 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 21%, low location: 74%, hill: 5%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. 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 Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport (at a distance of 103 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Gibraltar Airport (at a distance of 9.2 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

3 km2

6.1%

Nature

23.5 km2

46.9%

Wet nature

1 km2

Agriculture

1.7 km2

3.4%

Urban area

15.9 km2

31.9%

Infrastructure

2.9 km2

5.8%

Water - Lakes

1 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Algeciras in country Spain

Algeciras at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gorham's Cave Complex	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	9.8 km	EastSouthEast
2 Medina of Tétouan (formerly known as Titawin)	Morocco	63 km	South
3 Doñana National Park	Spain	123 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Estrecho	ES	3 km	SouthSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Algeciras

Type of weather in Algeciras	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.23 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1030 mb
Humidity:	56 %
Daylength at 1 May 2024:	13 hour and 40 minutes
Sunrise :	07:28 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:08 Europe/Amsterdam