Colonia San Francisco

General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -0.9305,Lat: 37.7364
Elevation	15 meter above sea level
Local time	9:45:37am
Name province/region	Región de Murcia
Name Subregion	Murcia
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Torre-Pacheco

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Hoyamorena	1.6 km	SouthEast
2 La Puebla	2.3 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Torre-Pacheco	2.3 km	WestNorthWest
4 Los Meroños	2.7 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Casa la Hoya	4.4 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	384 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	430 km	WestSouthWest
3 Andorra	Andorra	566 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 6 km (direction EastSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Segura. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de la Pedrera (11.3 km² at a height of around 104 meter above sea level) at a distance of 28.3 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Gibraltarian-Spanish border with a straight distance of 429 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 601 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 3%, low location: 97%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (at a distance of 68 km and direction NorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Agriculture

73.2 km2

93.1%

Urban area

5.4 km2

6.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Colonia San Francisco in country Spain

Colonia San Francisco at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Palmeral of Elche	Spain	61 km	NorthNorthEast
2 La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia	Spain	197 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza	Spain	219 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Mar Menor	ES	6.2 km	EastSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Torre Pacheco

Type of weather in Torre Pacheco	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 0)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	90 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	13 hour and 42 minutes
Sunrise :	07:09 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:51 Europe/Amsterdam