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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -1.5829,Lat: 37.6519
Elevation	277 meter above sea level
Local time	20:13:59pm
Name province/region	Región de Murcia
Name Subregion	Murcia
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Lorca

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 La Condomina	2.6 km	NorthWest
2 La Guirreta	3.5 km	WestSouthWest
3 Los Conventos	4.9 km	South
4 Baldazos	5.2 km	NorthWest
5 Amarguillo	5.6 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	359 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	373 km	WestSouthWest
3 Andorra	Andorra	596 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 21 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Segura. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Puentes (3.9 km² at a height of around 464 meter above sea level) at a distance of 23.2 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Gibraltarian-Spanish border with a straight distance of 372.4 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 521 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 97%, low mountains: 3%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (at a distance of 113 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Región de Murcia International Airport (at a distance of 44 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1 km2

1.2%

Nature

18.6 km2

23.7%

Agriculture

59 km2

75.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Alporchones in country Spain

Alporchones at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Palmeral of Elche	Spain	102 km	NorthEast
2 Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza	Spain	164 km	WestNorthWest
3 Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada	Spain	186 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Almenara-Moreras-Cabo Cope	ES	4.3 km	SouthSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Lorca

Type of weather in Lorca	light rain
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.92 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	58 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	13 hour and 42 minutes
Sunrise :	07:12 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:54 Europe/Amsterdam