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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -2.642,Lat: 37.7179
Elevation	762 meter above sea level
Local time	14:35:53pm
Name province/region	Andalucía
Name Subregion	Granada
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Castilléjar

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 El Olivar	2.1 km	SouthWest
2 Los Carriones	4 km	SouthWest
3 Galera	8.4 km	East
4 La Alquería	8.7 km	EastSouthEast
5 El Margen	10.8 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	295 km	WestSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	314 km	North
3 Lisboa	Portugal	584 km	WestNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 93 km (direction SouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Guadalquivir main - Upper - Guadiana menor, part of the larger catchment area Andalusia Atlantic Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Negratín (37.4 km² at a height of around 630 meter above sea level) at a distance of 13.9 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Tornajuelos with a height of 2133 meter (at a distance of 23 km and direction North). The most nearby international border is the Gibraltarian-Spanish border with a straight distance of 294.2 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 412 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 37%, moderate high mountains: 63%, The hills are mainly southern 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 193 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Almería Airport (at a distance of 100 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.2 km2

0.3%

Nature

24.5 km2

31.2%

Agriculture

53.5 km2

68.1%

Urban area

0.4 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Castilléjar in country Spain

Castilléjar at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza	Spain	73 km	NorthWest
2 Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada	Spain	103 km	WestSouthWest
3 Palmeral of Elche	Spain	180 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Sierra de La Sagra	ES	12 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Castilléjar

Type of weather in Castilléjar	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	22 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.68 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	27 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	13 hour and 60 minutes
Sunrise :	07:07 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:07 Europe/Amsterdam