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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.4755,Lat: 38.3343
Elevation	509 meter above sea level
Local time	5:00:28am
Name province/region	Extremadura
Name Subregion	Badajoz
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Atalaya

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Valverde de Burguillos	5.4 km	West
2 Medina de las Torres	5.6 km	East
3 Alconera	7.1 km	North
4 Valencia del Ventoso	7.5 km	South
5 Puebla de Sancho Pérez	9.3 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	238 km	WestNorthWest
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	263 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	332 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 133 km (direction SouthSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Guadiana main - Lower - Ardilla, part of the larger catchment area Guadiana. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Presa de Ardila (0.6 km² at a height of around 1099 meter above sea level) at a distance of 9 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 42.1 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 59 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 65%, low mountains: 35%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. 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 Faro Airport (at a distance of 194 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Badajoz Airport (at a distance of 69 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

30.3 km2

38.6%

Nature

25.1 km2

31.9%

Agriculture

23.1 km2

29.3%

Urban area

0.1 km2

0.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Atalaya in country Spain

Atalaya at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida	Spain	65 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Garrison Border Town of Elvas and its Fortifications	Portugal	86 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias in Seville	Spain	114 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Río Ardila Alto	ES	7.5 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Atalaya

Type of weather in Atalaya	broken clouds
Current temperature:	6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.25 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 0)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1022 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	13 hour and 53 minutes
Sunrise :	07:26 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:18 Europe/Amsterdam