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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -2.8633,Lat: 43.2273
Elevation	48 meter above sea level
Local time	16:54:01pm
Name province/region	País Vasco
Name Subregion	Bizkaia
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Zaratamo

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Kurtzea	1.4 km	East
2 Agirre-Aperribai	1.4 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Urbi	1.4 km	NorthWest
4 Zaratamo	1.9 km	SouthWest
5 Elexalde	2 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	317 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Andorra	Andorra	369 km	EastSouthEast
3 St Helier	Jersey	666 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 17 km (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Mino coastal: Narcea, part of the larger catchment area Minho and Lima. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Urrunaga (Urrunagako Urtegia) (8.1 km² at a height of around 547 meter above sea level) at a distance of 27.1 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 88.4 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 124 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 65%, hill: 35%, low mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (at a distance of 246 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bilbao Airport (at a distance of 9.1 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

26.4 km2

33.6%

Nature

24.4 km2

31%

Agriculture

13.3 km2

16.9%

Urban area

12.8 km2

16.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Arkotxa in country Spain

Arkotxa at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vizcaya Bridge	Spain	16 km	NorthWest
2 San Millán Yuso and Suso Monasteries	Spain	100 km	South
3 Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain	Spain	103 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Urkiola	ES	11 km	SouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Zaratamo

Type of weather in Zaratamo	broken clouds
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.05 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1029 mb
Humidity:	56 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	14 hour and 23 minutes
Sunrise :	06:56 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:19 Europe/Amsterdam