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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.848,Lat: 38.5148
Elevation	476 meter above sea level
Local time	7:50:23am
Name province/region	Extremadura
Name Subregion	Badajoz
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Barcarrota

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Salvaleón	5.5 km	EastSouthEast
2 Almendral	11.1 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Nogales	11.7 km	EastNorthEast
4 Torre de Miguel Sesmero	12.2 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Higuera de Vargas	13.3 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	202 km	WestNorthWest
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	296 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	343 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 145 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 Embalse del Aguijón (1.9 km² at a height of around 385 meter above sea level) at a distance of 4.6 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 33.3 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 47 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 66%, low mountains: 34%, moderate high mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly western 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 Faro Airport (at a distance of 191 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Badajoz Airport (at a distance of 42 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

24.9 km2

31.8%

Nature

25.3 km2

32.2%

Agriculture

27.7 km2

35.3%

Urban area

0.5 km2

0.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Barcarrota in country Spain

Barcarrota at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Garrison Border Town of Elvas and its Fortifications	Portugal	49 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida	Spain	62 km	EastNorthEast
3 Historic Centre of Évora	Portugal	93 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Río Alcarrache	ES	0.8 km	WestSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Barcarrota

Type of weather in Barcarrota	clear sky
Current temperature:	3 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.97 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	96 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	13 hour and 43 minutes
Sunrise :	07:33 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:15 Europe/Amsterdam