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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.5039,Lat: 42.5952
Elevation	614 meter above sea level
Local time	23:22:23pm
Name province/region	Castilla y León
Name Subregion	León
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Congosto

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 San Miguel de las Dueñas	1.6 km	WestSouthWest
2 Calamocos	2.1 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Villaverde de Los Cestos	2.5 km	East
4 Congosto	2.9 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Castropodame	3.3 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	340 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	480 km	SouthWest
3 Andorra	Andorra	660 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 106 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Mino main - Medium - Sil, part of the larger catchment area Minho and Lima. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Bárcena (9 km² at a height of around 624 meter above sea level) at a distance of 2.6 km in NorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Picón with a height of 2076 meter (at a distance of 17.1 km and direction NorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 69.9 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 98 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 89%, moderate high mountains: 11%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (at a distance of 161 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is León Airport (at a distance of 70 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

19.8 km2

25.2%

Nature

21.5 km2

27.3%

Agriculture

22.3 km2

28.4%

Viticulture

3.4 km2

4.3%

Urban area

2.3 km2

Infrastructure

0.5 km2

0.6%

Water - Lakes

8.5 km2

10.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Almázcara in country Spain

Almázcara at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Las Médulas	Spain	26 km	WestSouthWest
2 Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francés and Routes of Northern Spain	Spain	82 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Roman Walls of Lugo	Spain	98 km	NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Montes Aquilanos y Sierra de Teleno	ES	15 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Almázcara

Type of weather in Almázcara	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.45 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	999 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 8 minutes
Sunrise :	07:18 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:26 Europe/Amsterdam